From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 10 19:39:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA4CA1065670 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidn04@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com (mail-qy0-f189.google.com [209.85.221.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 917B58FC1A for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:39:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk27 with SMTP id 27so349222qyk.3 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:39:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=AlGCoa7BpO5jg4jl8rnXE8vE0uMdf6z9ZHNDhszV8yc=; b=BQC18CtwAtn76wAsBwkH4U2eNHIw/cgADvuZiBNpSFev74mSKy9e4ak/DT5uziOk8l HRJBEXEBO1AefxnaSpWgtpfdiYSK36rV4KXOp7XqLCL0vqPp8mU1HFtKAtRPNXdghaeF SI9o5glkovAdD4fXVwJylkddU1dNFKh0S13pg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=t6E57w6OCVvBJThq8T4JhlgczLcWmWhROIcxnl8DiDHXYycDbYMxs5maMOaaHGktMP YieIZNDPYQzcD/rcLa2+SOOn7SW1uA9BsOzxZj6T3UysHBE92PfV0fjdKHykoVfRjDk4 EO81oacMFweFz8NMPykKEqgIXZ7ppWQQVN3/4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.192.207 with SMTP id dr15mr356910qcb.1.1265829003656; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:10:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <201002081556.54782.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20100209053002.GA9449@over-yonder.net> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:10:03 +1100 Message-ID: <4d7dd86f1002101110v3152c284gf639966878c31395@mail.gmail.com> From: David N To: Christian Weisgerber Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:39:49 -0000 On 10 February 2010 08:33, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > >> > I have something similar (5x1Tb) - I have a Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H >> > with an Athlon X2 and 4Gb of RAM (only half filled - 2x2Gb) >> > >> > Note that it doesn't support ECC, I don't know if that is a problem. >> >> How's that? =A0Is the BIOS just stupid, or is the board physically >> missing traces? > > Doesn't matter really, does it? > > I have a GA-MA78G-DS3H. =A0According to the specs, it supports ECC > memory. =A0And that is all the mention of ECC you will find anywhere. > There is nothing in the BIOS. =A0My best guess is that they quite > literally mean that you can plug ECC memory into the board and it > will work, but that there are no provisions to actually use ECC. > > That said, I also have an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe. =A0If I enable ECC in > the BIOS, the board locks up sooner or later, even when just sitting > in the BIOS. =A0memtest86 dies a screaming death immediately. =A0When > I disable ECC, the board is solid, both in actual use and with > memtest. > > I thought if I built a PC from components, I'd be already a step > above the lowest dregs of the consumer market, but apparently not. > > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0naddy@mips.inka.de > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I had an M2A-VM HDMI that had the ECC problem, ASUS released a BIOS update for it, not sure for the M2N if they fixed that problem. >From what I've seen, most ASUS boards have the ECC option, dont take my word for it though. Regards David N