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

Claim 0:
1. An information handling system, comprising:
a plurality of dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) forming a memory system of the information handling system; and
a basic input/output system (BIOS) to communicate with the DIMMs, the BIOS to:
begin a system boot of the information handling system;
perform a first memory reference code training;
based on the first memory reference code training, discover a bad DIMM of the DIMMs;
store information associated with the bad DIMM;
reboot the information handling system;
during the reboot, retrieve the information associated with the bad DIMM;
disable a slot associated with the bad DIMM;
in response to the slot being disabled, perform a second memory reference code training; and
based on the second memory reference code training, downgrade the memory system to a closest possible DIMM population.