Patent ID: 8006028

Claim:
A method of enabling memory module slots in a computing system after a repair action, the computing system having a plurality of memory module slots and having at least one memory module installed in one of the memory module slots, the method comprising: determining, by a memory configuration module during a boot process for the computing system, whether any of the memory module slots are disabled; and if any of the memory module slots are disabled: retrieving, by the memory configuration module for each memory module installed in one of the memory module slots, a memory module identifier for that memory module, retrieving, by the memory configuration module from non-volatile memory of the computing system, previously stored memory module identifiers, determining, by the memory configuration module, whether the retrieved memory module identifiers match the previously stored memory module identifiers, and enabling, by the memory configuration module, the disabled memory module slots if the retrieved memory module identifiers do not match the previously stored memory module identifiers.