Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 11:39:53 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SIMMs: Parity vs. EDO ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951221113012.24756G-100000@itsdsv1.enc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199512211631.DAA15988@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 22 Dec 1995, Michael Smith wrote:
> Charles Owens stands accused of saying:
> > When I check out the various RAM distributors, I can't seem to find EDO
> > simms that also support parity! Why is this? EDO doesn't make parity a
> > moot point, does it?
>
> Just about the only chipset that supports EDO is the Intel Triton, which
> doesn't generate or check parity, so it's a bit of a moot point.
I'm looking at a ASUS P55SP4 motherboard, based on the SiS 5511/5512/5513
chipset. I BELEIVE that it supports parity memory (the earlier SiS
chipset does - anyone know for sure?), but I know that it supports EDO.
Hence my question.
> Having said that, I'm not terribly enamoured of parity memory anyway; what
> good does it serve? ECC memory I can understand, but parity? Nehh.
Ok, do you know of any good&cheap ECC-supporting motherboards? I'm
trying to avoid the cost that comes with the Compaq and HP server lines.
I'm trying to build the most stable system possible for the best price.
I gather that you don't think that parity memory is helpful to this goal?
Systems with parity memory can't do much more than halt when a parity
error occurs, right? Am I right in assuming that systems with ECC memory
will correct such parity-type errors and keep chugging along? Will
FreeBSD work with such motherboards?
Thanks for your response!
(Please CC responses to me, as I'm not subscribed to this list)
---
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Charles Owens Email: owensc@enc.edu
"I read somewhere to learn is to
Information Technology Services remember... and I've learned that
Eastern Nazarene College we've all forgot..." - King's X
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.91.951221113012.24756G-100000>