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Use ECC DDR memory for DDR?
Name: stevez Date: April 5, 2005 at 12:12:54 Pacific OS: any CPU/Ram: any
Comment:
OK, I'm cheap. I have some free ECC DDR PC2100 memory modules that I'd like to use in a motherboard that takes DDR. Since I don't have a motherboard that takes DDR I can't test it.
Can I use ECC DDR memory in a motherboard that takes regular DDR memory? I know that I won't get the ECC function but I just want to build a new system without buying memory.
Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 512MB PC3200 Asus Ti4800SE 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro
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Response Number 3
Name: cliffpage Date: April 5, 2005 at 12:26:31 Pacific
Reply:
normally you can not. it seems most consumer type mobos dont take ECC memory these days although i did recently have a gigabyte socket 462 mobo that did take ECC DDR memory. You often see ECC memory going quite cheap on ebay. I assume it goes quite cheap as not many people can make use of it. It is usually suited to business type servers.
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