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

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

Am 30.07.2014 11:14, schrieb Edward M:
> On 07/29/14 11:18, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
>
>   Unfortunately, I think it would be difficult finding a home-user board
>   with ECC support. since, nowadays appears ECC is mostly for systems
>   where data corruption is unacceptable, such a bank,etc
>

pretty easy actually. When I looked for ECC support, ALL Asus boards
supported it officially - and a whole bunch of Gigabyte boards according
to their forums.