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pmjdebruijn
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 Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:32 pm Post subject: Registered ECC on a motherboard which support ECC (only) |
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I'm thinking of buying some ECC ram... at the moment the shop I go to only has Registered ECC ram available.
My motherboard (Gigabyte GA-5AX, ALi Aladdin V) explicitly supports pc100 ECC SDRAM. But it says nothing about supporting registered modules?
Can I still use a registered module?
Also the shop only has pc133 in stock, will it function on a pc100 motherboard? my friends tell me that it probably will...
Please leave your answer even if somebody already answered my question, I'd really like to have multiple confirmations, before I buy...
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ctford0
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 2:22 am Post subject: |
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Newer pc133 memory is not always backwards compatible to pc100. You should definitely ask the seller this question before you buy...
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Odius
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| All generic PC133 memory (i.e. not made for specific hardware) will work in a PC100 board. It will only run at PC100 speeds, of course, but it will run. |
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Odius
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| I suppose anything is possible, but I've used a lot of different memories in different systems and I've never had a problem. |
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pmjdebruijn
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:02 am Post subject: |
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| And about the ECC Registered Issue? |
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Odius
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| ECC and particularly registered ECC are usually more picky about the system they run on. Therefore, while I can't say for sure, I would think that if the motherboards manual and website say nothing about supporting registered ECC memory then there's a good chance they won't work. |
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ctford0
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| Odius wrote: | | I suppose anything is possible, but I've used a lot of different memories in different systems and I've never had a problem. |
I have in the past as well, but this is some sort of new movement (last 6-8 months) so that the memory companies can get more money out of the consumer. Take a look at pc100 prices, they are quite a bit higher than the same memory size of pc133.
My advice drz, be cautious before you buy...
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Odius
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| ctford0 wrote: | | I have in the past as well, but this is some sort of new movement (last 6-8 months) so that the memory companies can get more money out of the consumer. Take a look at pc100 prices, they are quite a bit higher than the same memory size of pc133. |
I haven't bought any memory for a while so you are probably right. Or it could be a tatic used by some dealers to get users to buy the more expensive memory that they claim will work with anything. |
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