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System fails to boot with message "BIOS detected errors or invalid configuration in DIMM slot: XX"

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Applies to

  • FAS2240
  • FAS2552

Issue

  • The storage systems fails to boot with the below error message and halts by itself:

BIOS detected errors or invalid configuration in DIMM slot: XX

Boot Loader version 4.1
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Portions Copyright (C) 2002-2011 NetApp

CPU Type: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           C3528  @ 1.73GHz
BIOS POST Failure(s) detected. Abort AUTOBOOT

 

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