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On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:00:26PM -0700, Edward MN wrote: |
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> On 07/26/14 15:55, walt wrote: |
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> > On 07/26/2014 10:39 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> >> [894019.770058] [Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 0): DRAM ECC error |
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> >> detected on the NB. |
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> >> […] |
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> >> and this, my children, is why I am using ECC ram. |
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> >> […] |
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> >> And this evening, with a thunderstorm outside I got that beauty above... |
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> > Is ECC memory a drop-in replacement for ordinary RAM, or does it need |
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> > a special motherboard? |
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> yeah, requires a motherboard that supports ECC ram. |
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Big was my surprise to learn that our old Pentium 3 PC from 1999 has ECC |
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support in its three RAM sockets. The problem today is the artificial |
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paritioning of the market. |
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It seems nigh impossible (at least in the Intel world, please correct me |
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regarding AMD) to have ECC RAM in a normal Home PC these days, especially in |
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an ITX form factor, as I am currently investigating. There are Xeons for the |
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1150 “consumer socket”, but ECC is only supported by server chipsets such as |
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the C series. Those come either on ITX boards with abysmal I/O capabilities |
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for home use or on high-power workstation ATX boards that cost a small |
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fortune. *sigh* |
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I would have liked the aspect of a system that tells me when something goes |
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wrong, but there seems no such thing for my requirements. So I must help |
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myself with file checksums when dealing with my archive disks. |
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Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ |
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Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook service. |
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Can you give me a cigarette? Mine are still in the vending machine. |
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