Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:10:03 +1100 From: David N <davidn04@gmail.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage Message-ID: <4d7dd86f1002101110v3152c284gf639966878c31395@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <hkskbh$11gk$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <201002081556.54782.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20100209053002.GA9449@over-yonder.net> <hkskbh$11gk$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
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On 10 February 2010 08:33, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote: > Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd@over-yonder.net> wrote: > >> > I have something similar (5x1Tb) - I have a Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H >> > with an Athlon X2 and 4Gb of RAM (only half filled - 2x2Gb) >> > >> > Note that it doesn't support ECC, I don't know if that is a problem. >> >> How's that? =A0Is the BIOS just stupid, or is the board physically >> missing traces? > > Doesn't matter really, does it? > > I have a GA-MA78G-DS3H. =A0According to the specs, it supports ECC > memory. =A0And that is all the mention of ECC you will find anywhere. > There is nothing in the BIOS. =A0My best guess is that they quite > literally mean that you can plug ECC memory into the board and it > will work, but that there are no provisions to actually use ECC. > > That said, I also have an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe. =A0If I enable ECC in > the BIOS, the board locks up sooner or later, even when just sitting > in the BIOS. =A0memtest86 dies a screaming death immediately. =A0When > I disable ECC, the board is solid, both in actual use and with > memtest. > > I thought if I built a PC from components, I'd be already a step > above the lowest dregs of the consumer market, but apparently not. > > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0naddy@mips.inka.de > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I had an M2A-VM HDMI that had the ECC problem, ASUS released a BIOS update for it, not sure for the M2N if they fixed that problem. >From what I've seen, most ASUS boards have the ECC option, dont take my word for it though. Regards David N
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