If i were you I would wash the motherboard, since it might be dead anyway. I managed to fix ram slot on my PC by doing so. It was obviously just a dirt, but i couldn't make it work with alcohol so i gave it a shower. Works perfectly fine since then.

Hi Gonzaleitor. Have you tried to clean the RAM slot itself and the contacts on the modules? This kind of behavior could indicate faulty motherboard i am afraid.

I am thinking about upgrading the CPU in my x3200, and I was wondering if the Xeon X3230 will work in this server. On the IBM website, it says that the maximum CPU for the M1 version is the X3210, but the chipset should support the X3230 as well. The X3210 and X3230 are practically the same CPUs, bu...