Intel N100 RAM upgrade (it works)

[Dylan]

Intel states that the N100 CPU has a max RAM capacity of 16GB but I just upgraded my Aoostar WTR Pro with a single 32GB SODIMM and it not only reports all available GB, but when tested, also utilized the increased RAM as well.

Just a friendly PSA in-case you might also have the same chipset and would like to upgrade your RAM.

Cheers and good luck!!

[PsychoWards]

Oh, that's awesome to hear. I've a N100 running Opnsense with only 8GB of memory, doubt I will ever need more, but it's really helpful information, I can imagine a lot of people are running N100 in there NAS.

Would you mind sharing which module you got? 🙂

[Kpod]

Which  RAM brand did you use?

[Dylan]

Anything for cause @PsychoWards! I used the CORSAIR Vengeance.

****Of note for my specific NAS (see above Aoostar link)  upon replacement, the initial boot appeared to fail as the outboard power LED flashed then went dark, indicating a failed boot. However, the NAS device audibly continued to boot (fans running etc) so I just let it sit for a minute or so. Afterwards, the power LED returned.

I ASSUME that, because I do not have a monitor connected, this was what might happen any other time you replace RAM and the system POST process issues a 'RAM has changed' warning.

(edit to add @Kpod for visibility)

[dinecoj]

Pretty awesome to see how capable the N100 is. How's the idle power consumption of your whole box? And is the N100 capable of saturating your networking? I wonder if it could handle 10Gb transfers

[Dylan]

18 hours ago, dinecoj said:

Pretty awesome to see how capable the N100 is. How's the idle power consumption of your whole box? And is the N100 capable of saturating your networking? I wonder if it could handle 10Gb transfers

Haven;t checked power consumption yet. My network is bottle-necked at 1GB LAN but haven't even seen it close to saturation at moderate transfers even when disk read/write should have been the first culprit.