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Date:      Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:12:37 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Comments on four mobos
Message-ID:  <15371.60101.86759.493634@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3C0BE6AF.EA4F80BF@ieee.org>
References:  <20011201111939.B9285@neutrino.bsdhome.com> <200112031935.LAA22344@mina.soco.agilent.com> <15371.58473.302741.355417@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <3C0BE6AF.EA4F80BF@ieee.org>

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Bryan-TheBS-Smith writes:
 > Andrew Gallatin wrote:
 > > Do any of those other supposedly "decent" chipsets include support for
 > > ECC DDR RAM?  AFAIK, only AMD's chipsets support ECC.  I'd be very
 > > happy to be wrong..
 > > Having a computer without working ECC support is like a having loaded
 > > gun pointed at your foot.
 > 
 > Well, the AMD 760MP (762+766) supports (4) PC2100 ECC DDR SDRAM, has
 > 64-bit x 33MHz PCI and rocks.  The forthcoming 760MPX (762+767) has a
 > dedicated 64-bit x 66MHz PCI bus.  My 760MP-powered Tyan 2460 only ran
 > ~$200, and another $150 for 1GB PC2100 registered ECC DDR SDRAM.

No argument here, the 760 does rock, but that's an AMD chipset.  I was
curious about the UP non-AMD Athlon chipsets (like KT266A, nForce 420D, Sis735,
Ali MaGiK-1, etc).

Drew

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