Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:23:24 -0800 (PST) | From | Joel Philip Jaeggli <> | Subject | Re: Linux & ECC memory |
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this would be the optiplex gx/pro models and in fact they do have ecc edo memory as do a couple of hp's they also use dimms instead of simms, so they're using basically the same memory as a couple of the new alpha-stations that we have around here. the optiplex gx/pro's are very very fast...
joelja
On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Kenneth Albanowski wrote:
> > > I just recently saw an advertisement for a Dell computer with a P6 > motherboard & CPU that includes "64MB EDO RAM with ECC". > > Are there in fact x86 motherboards that support ECC RAM? Can such a > motherboard provide better error recognition & recovery then a simple > "parity error"? > > Most importantly, can (does) Linux take advantage of this? > > -- > Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126) > > >
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