I am trying to buy an 8gB RAM NAS but the supplier only has the 2gB in stock.
They’ve offered to supply the NAS plus 2x 4gB sticks. I don’t have an issue with fitting them, but want to be sure the installed ones are not pre-loaded with software/config by QNAP.....as the new (Kingston) sticks will not have this software.
Should be ok, right?
Does RAM come with software loaded?
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Re: Does RAM come with software loaded?
RAM is considered volatile, as the state is lost or reset when power is removed from the system
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So logically the SODIMM must be blank when the NAS is delivered, correct?
If I remove the QNAP supplied stick and add the Kingston ones before install, I shouldn’t lose anything....because the RAM was volatile (empty).
Sorry for the dim questions, just trying to avoid a costly mistake.
If I remove the QNAP supplied stick and add the Kingston ones before install, I shouldn’t lose anything....because the RAM was volatile (empty).
Sorry for the dim questions, just trying to avoid a costly mistake.
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Re: Does RAM come with software loaded?
correct..something empty cannot lose anything
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So the BIOS-type instructions that tell the NAS what it is/how to behave etc, they’re stored on some non-volatile flash memory presumably, but not on the installed SODIMM RAM sticks.....?
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I’ve taken the plunge by the way, the second QNAP arrives Monday.
Just trying to fill in some of the many blanks in my understanding of the machines..
Just trying to fill in some of the many blanks in my understanding of the machines..
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Re: Does RAM come with software loaded?
BIOS is stored on a flash memory chip
Bootstrap OS is stored on a DOM
both are not the RAM..so no need ask or fear further
just remember to keep the original ram ..qnap likes to refuse service calls on 3rd party ram
Bootstrap OS is stored on a DOM
both are not the RAM..so no need ask or fear further
just remember to keep the original ram ..qnap likes to refuse service calls on 3rd party ram
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This spooked me a bit tbh so I bailed on the order and sent it back.
I don’t expect to be getting support that often but the prospect of having to keep/reinstall the RAM if I did sort of put me off.
Looking at other options now.
I don’t expect to be getting support that often but the prospect of having to keep/reinstall the RAM if I did sort of put me off.
Looking at other options now.
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Re: Does RAM come with software loaded?
installing ram is a very easy task and I think you should easily find many websites and videos on how to do it
just a fast google give me even a qnap page
https://www.qnap.com/en/support/con_show.php?cid=9
just a fast google give me even a qnap page
https://www.qnap.com/en/support/con_show.php?cid=9
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To be honest it was less of an issue with doing it once. It was the prospect of potentially having to do it and then undo/redo it...
I may have thrown my toys out of the pram a bit because the model/config as advertised is not available in the UK....isn’t supplied by QNAP here....so I got the hump.
“You can have this....we’ll actually you can’t because it’s not OEM RAM”. Just felt a bit shady.
I may have thrown my toys out of the pram a bit because the model/config as advertised is not available in the UK....isn’t supplied by QNAP here....so I got the hump.
“You can have this....we’ll actually you can’t because it’s not OEM RAM”. Just felt a bit shady.