Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 01:32:48 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: dmaddox@scsn.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few solutions Message-ID: <199707230732.BAA06530@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19970714082521.61598@scsn.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.96.970713130431.16120A-100000@pompano.pcola.gulf.net> <199707140404.WAA07219@xmission.xmission.com> <19970714072626.64852@scsn.net> <33CA1547.AD3@barcode.co.il> <19970714082521.61598@scsn.net>
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Donald J. Maddox writes:
> Well, all I can say is that according to the User's Manual for my
> ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 mainboard, all I need for ECC is parity RAM, and
> ECC enabled.
>
> I notice, however, that the ECC supported by this MB only supports
> 1-bit error correction... Maybe the ECC RAM you two are speaking of
> allows for more sophisticated error correction?
Traditionally, you need 4 extra bits to do ECC on a 32-bit word. I
don't know what ASUS is doing with a single bit, does anyone else here?
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