Patent ID: 11960899
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A method, comprising:
beginning, by a basic input/output system (BIOS), a system boot of an information handling system;
performing, by the BIOS, a first memory reference code training;
based on the first memory reference code training, discovering a bad dual in-line memory module (DIMM) of a plurality of DIMMs;
storing information associated with the bad DIMM;
rebooting the information handling system;
during the reboot, retrieving the information associated with the bad DIMM;
disabling a slot associated with the bad DIMM;
in response to the slot being disabled, performing a second memory reference code training; and
based on the second memory reference code training, downgrading a memory system to a closest possible DIMM population.