Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:02:55 +0200 From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Athlon64 board with ECC support? Message-ID: <200506132102.56346.josemi@redesjm.local> In-Reply-To: <200506131147.50300.peter@wemm.org> References: <200506131616.j5DGGDfr067534@lurza.secnetix.de> <200506132038.25975.josemi@redesjm.local> <200506131147.50300.peter@wemm.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
El Lunes, 13 de Junio de 2005 20:47, Peter Wemm escribi=F3: > On Monday 13 June 2005 11:38 am, Jose M Rodriguez wrote: > > El Lunes, 13 de Junio de 2005 18:16, Oliver Fromme escribi=F3: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm currently evaluating possibilities to upgrade to a > > > 64bit system (preferably AMD). I would like to get a > > > single-processor Athlon64 system, no Opteron, because of > > > heat, noise and power consumption (and price). > > > > > > Furthermore, I would like to have ECC RAM. However, it > > > seems that this requirement is not easy to meet. > > > > > > So far, Google told me that the Athlon64 and the socket939 > > > basically support ECC. However, it also requires support > > > in the chipset and in the BIOS. I've looked at a few > > > random socket939 board specs, and all of them allow the > > > use of ECC memory, _but_ they don't support using it for > > > actual error correction, i.e. they treat 72bit DIMMs like > > > 64bit DIMMs and ignore the ECC part. This is not what I > > > want, of course. > > > > > > Now my question is: Are there any Athlon64 (s939) boards > > > that really support ECC RAM? Any recommendations? > > > > As far I know, only nvidia nforce4 have support for this. But this > > may get you into problems with lan and disk (SATA). > > The system chipset has nothing to do with ECC support. Unlike on > Intel systems, memory is connected to the CPU, not the chipset. The > chipset (nforce vs via vs whatever) has no say in the matter. Well, I only see this in new nvidia nforce4 based boards. I also think=20 this is more a bios problem. =2D- josemi
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200506132102.56346.josemi>