Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ECC-ram, it is worth it.

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am 29.07.2014 20:18, schrieb Frank Steinmetzger:
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:00:26PM -0700, Edward MN wrote:
>> On 07/26/14 15:55, walt wrote:
>>> On 07/26/2014 10:39 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>>> [894019.770058] [Hardware Error]: MC4 Error (node 0): DRAM ECC error
>>>> detected on the NB.
>>>> […]
>>>> and this, my children, is why I am using ECC ram.
>>>> […]
>>>> And this evening, with a thunderstorm outside I got that beauty above...
>>> Is ECC memory a drop-in replacement for ordinary RAM, or does it need
>>> a special motherboard?
>>>
>>    yeah, requires a motherboard that supports ECC ram.
> Big was my surprise to learn that our old Pentium 3 PC from 1999 has ECC
> support in its three RAM sockets. The problem today is the artificial
> paritioning of the market.
>
> It seems nigh impossible (at least in the Intel world, please correct me
> regarding AMD) to have ECC RAM in a normal Home PC these days, especially in
> an ITX form factor, as I am currently investigating. There are Xeons for the
> 1150 “consumer socket”, but ECC is only supported by server chipsets such as
> the C series. Those come either on ITX boards with abysmal I/O capabilities
> for home use or on high-power workstation ATX boards that cost a small
> fortune. *sigh*
>
> I would have liked the aspect of a system that tells me when something goes
> wrong, but there seems no such thing for my requirements. So I must help
> myself with file checksums when dealing with my archive disks.

I don't know about AMD's APUs but AFAIK all CPUs using the AM2/AM3
socket support it.