3 Things to Know About Adding ECC RAM to a Supermicro Board

Replace all sticks at once Do not mix ECC and non-ECC DIMMs in the same system. Supermicro boards will usually refuse to boot or boot with errors.

Installation is nearly plug-and-play Power down, pull the old sticks, pop in the new ones, and power up. Most boards auto-detect ECC and enable it. You may need to flip a BIOS setting under Advanced > Memory Configuration if it doesn’t enable on its own.

Buy a matched full set If you already have a mix of ECC and non-ECC sticks, do not bother trying to use them together. Your board will refuse to play nice.