Re: Still OT: ASA 5510 Memory upgrade

may be if you tried both chips 512+512 then it will show up correct size of
ram.

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:

> Just thought I would throw this out there in case anyone finds it useful.
> The upgrade was successful. The interesting part is that there are
> multiple iterations of the same motherboard, even before the dual gigabit
> 5510's were introduced. An older ASA that opened up had a single slot for
> expansion, only accepting the 512 MB chip listed below. My newer test box
> had 4 slots. I ended up adding the 512MB chip along with the 256MB one.
> Boot-up shows 768MB, but a show ver produces the following:
>
> Hardware: ASA5510, 512 MB RAM, CPU Pentium 4 Celeron 1600 MHz
> Internal ATA Compact Flash, 64MB
>
> And a show memory:
>
> Free memory: 565113520 bytes (105%)
> Used memory: 4266724688 bytes (795%)
> ------------- ----------------
> Total memory: 536870912 bytes (100%)
>
> Which is obviously pretty sweet. Anyhow, I haven't had any crashes in over
> 5 day (in hind sight, I could have probably removed threat-detection and
> skipped the upgrade). So, if anyone is interested in doing the AnyConnect
> Essentials license or upgrading to 8.2.x, already over the 80% mark on
> memory, and looking for a cheap alternative for their lab... here you go.
>
> -ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Ryan West
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:13 AM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: OT: ASA 5510 Memory upgrade
>
> As much as I'd love to throw Cisco or one of the many knockoff companies
> $500 for 512 Megs of RAM, I can't really justify it for a lab ASA. I popped
> opened the box (which has WAY TOO many screws) and took a peek at the
> memory. It's from STEC and labeled PC2700E CL2. 5-3-3, short of calling
> STEC directly and gathering more information, my best guess would be this:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820998003
>
> Kingston 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR 333 (PC 2700) Server
> Memory Model KVR333X72C25/512 - Retail
>
> Has anyone attempted this upgrade with non-"Cisco" RAM? For $20 I'm going
> to give it shot and I'll let you guys know.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -ryan
>
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