abit BE6-II

[uglyduck]

Can someone give me some advice?
I have a ABIT BE6-II motherboard with 128mb ECC ram.
I am trying to add another 128mb ECC to it but I always fail the memory test. Do I need to change and switches or values in the bios.

[Diesel]

Nope. More likely, you probably got a bad stick of memory.
Try it out in another board.

Quick question: Why are you using ECC?


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[uglyduck]

I tried to run both of them individually and they are working fine. Just combine them together then they have problem. I don't know why I use ECC.

Thank you very much.

[Diesel]

Are both of the sticks of ECC identical?
Are they the same brand, same speed, same CAS rating?

If not, it's a common problem.

Since you don't know why you need ECC, then you really don't need it. Unless you're running a mission-critical server that needs 100% data integrity and 0% downtime, you don't need ECC and it's a waste of money.
Another downside is the compatibility issue you're dealing with right now.
If you have the opportunity to return it and exchange it for some non-ECC RAM, do so.


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[WaterB]

ecc actually is slower than non ecc... cuz it takes time to check that there's no errors..

a plan of attack would be to sell the ram you have (eg ebay) and go and get non ecc SDRAM

[Diesel]

It's prudent to add this:
"If you don't know exactly why you need it, then you don't need it!"

Applies to ECC, Windows NT, and SCSI.


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