Re: motherboard suggestions OT: ECC memory
> ECC (Error Correction Code) has an additional 9th bit for every 8 data
> bits to catch and correct certain errors...
That's just parity. With only one extra bit you can detect single bit
errors, but you can't correct them.
> Note, though, that I've heard Athlon doesn't play well with ECC,...
That seems rather unlikely, since ECC is handled entirely in hardware in
the memory subsystem.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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