I’m a big fan of the ASA 5505 and deploy them in various scenarios, so I am regularly sourcing them off ebay and upgrading them. They supposedly take 148pin DDR 400MHz modules, but not all are alike. Below is a table showing the compatibles that I have found:
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Confirmed
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Cisco part
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Manf.
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P/N
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detail
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voltage
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CAS latency
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memory timing
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ASA v02
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ASA v03
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ASA v04
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ASA v05
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ASA v06
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ASA v08
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ASA v11
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | * | SMART | SG5643235D8N0FOSF0 | 256MB | Success | |||||||||
| * | SMART | SG5646485D8N0FSOF0 | 512MB | |||||||||||
| * | * | STREC | 256MB 1Rx16 PC3200U CL3-3-3 | 3 | 3-3-3 | Success | ||||||||
| * | hynix | HYMD564646B8J-D43 | 512MB DDR 400MHz CL3 | 2.6 | 3 | ?? | flashing port LEDs. Amber status | flashing port LEDs. Amber status | ||||||
| * | GeIL | GE1GB3200BHDC | 512MB PC3200 DDR400 CL=2.5-6-3-3 | 2.55 – 2.65 | ?? | 6-3-3 | flashing port LEDs. Amber status | Success | ||||||
| * | corsair | VS512MB400 | CL=2.5-3-3-8 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3-3-8 | Success | |||||||
| Corsair XMS | CMC2GX1M2A400C3 | PC3200/DDR400 1GB | Does not warm reload; needs ~5 minutes. | |||||||||||
| Hynix | HYMD264646B8J-D43 | Does not warm reload; needs ~5 minutes. | ||||||||||||
| * | transcend | 100675-0346 [HP] | 512M DDR400 3-3-3 | 2.6 | 3 | 3-3-3 | Status amber | Success | ||||||
| Kingston | KVR400X64C3A/1G | Success | ||||||||||||
| * | Kingston | KVR400X64C3A/512 | 2.5 | Success | Success | Success | ||||||||
| Kingston | KVR400X64C3/512 | 2.6 | Does not warm reload; needs ~5 minutes. | |||||||||||
| Kingston | KVR400X72C3A/512 | 2.6 | Success | |||||||||||
| Kingston | KVR266A/512 | 2.5V | Success | |||||||||||
| Kingston | KVR333X64C25/512 | 2.5 | Success | |||||||||||
| Micron | MT16VDDT6464AG-40BC4 | 2.5 | Not working blinking | Not working dead in start up. and was rebooting automatic. | OK reload 5 times. | |||||||||
| Patriot | PEP1G3200LL | Does not warm reload; needs ~5 minutes. | ||||||||||||
| PNY | MD1024SD1-400 | 1GB PC3200 | Success | Success | ||||||||||
| Samsung | PC3200U-30331-Z | ?? | booting but reboot automatic not working | booting but reboot automatic not working | OK reload 5 times. | |||||||||
NB: the unconfirmed information came from this site and a comment from my previous blog.
Memory purchased from Cisco has the following stickers:
| Part number | Sticker |
|---|---|
| ASA5505-MEM-256= | 15-10750-01$1 |
| ASA5505-MEM-512= | 15-11719-01 |
| ASA5510-MEM-1GB= |
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