From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 23 00:28:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA01078 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 00:28:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA01072 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 00:28:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id BAA06530; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 01:32:48 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 01:32:48 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199707230732.BAA06530@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: dmaddox@scsn.net CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few solutions In-Reply-To: <19970714082521.61598@scsn.net> References: <199707140404.WAA07219@xmission.xmission.com> <19970714072626.64852@scsn.net> <33CA1547.AD3@barcode.co.il> <19970714082521.61598@scsn.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com