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Date:      Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:47:35 -0500 (EST)
From:      Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net>
To:        Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
Cc:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, FreeBSD Chat List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
Subject:   Re: ECC worth the extra cost for SOHO server?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101081144480.834-100000@zoraida.reyes.somos.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101080958290.96355-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>

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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Chris Dillon wrote:

> AFAIK, with every X86 chipset I've used at least, the correction
> happens automatically, and the NMI is only there to alert you that it
> has happened.  Most systems will let you turn the NMI off for
> corrections and only issue an NMI for an un-correctable error.

But how will it "alert"? Will show up on the screen?

I finally found an Athlon Tbird motherboard that supports ECC.
Contrary to previous info IT IS KT133.
Abit K7V (I think that is the model.. it is an Abit board anyway).



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