Dell – The Modules Arrived
by danlor on May.21, 2004, under Technology, Work
Lucky for me, I have an on-the-ball lady working in receiving. She knew I was expecting a parts shipment from Dell. She also knew that our CAO was not. Guess who dell shipped the package to. I’m going to have to start taking pictures. I’m not sure how much more of this you all will believe with out a little physical proof!
So, she brought me the box to verify if it was what I was looking for. Sure enough, it was the memory… But wait… Here we go. 4 refurbished memory modules. Unfriggin believable. They want me to put USED, FAILED memory in my server. But I’m sure this meets Dells stringent QA testing, waiting I seem to remember a quote in a previous email that makes me nervous…
2005-05-19
>Ben
> send the log. Because if there is less the 10 errors within a given
>time thats normal and well within specs. thats why it is ECC . Thank
>you for using Dell’s online support for Workstations/Servers.
On top of that, the modules are not paired. This is DDR RAM. Shit. I’m screwed. And of course they want these all back within 10 calendar days as well. I have no way to know if any of these sticks will work, and not enough time to thoroughly test. I have a feeling I’m going to be calling CDW to buy new ram.
