[vox-tech] ECC memory --- is it worth it? (semi-OT)

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Tue Apr 10 16:32:36 PDT 2007


Quoting Bill Broadley (bill at cse.ucdavis.edu):

> I'd agree on bad dimms, but bad dimms aren't the only cause of memory
> errors.

Nor did I so claim.  However, problems with the motherboard circuitry or
CPU are (1) rarer, (2) susceptible to their own diagnostic techniques,
and (3) (more to the immediate point) are helped not a whit by use of
ECC sticks.  So, I cannot so far see the relevance of your comment.


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