Will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

[Guest Spin]

Gurus,

 

I recently ordered a 64bit Windows OS laptop from Dell. My question is,

will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

 

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Spin

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

 

Check with the mobo manufacturer.

 

"Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote in message

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> Gurus,

>

> I recently ordered a 64bit Windows OS laptop from Dell. My question is,

> will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

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> Spin

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[Guest Theo]

Re: Will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

 

You'll have to talk to the manufacturer of the mb. That's

strictly a hardware problem, not an operating system problem.

 

 

Spin wrote:

> Gurus,

>

> I recently ordered a 64bit Windows OS laptop from Dell. My question is,

> will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

>

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> Spin

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[Guest andy]

Re: Will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

 

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:12:57 -0400, "Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote:

>Gurus,

>

>I recently ordered a 64bit Windows OS laptop from Dell. My question is,

>will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

 

Yes. The memory parity bits would not be connected to anything, so

it's as if they don't exist.

[Guest Stefan Pendl]

Re: Will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

 

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:12:57 -0400, "Spin" <Spin@invalid.com> wrote:

>Gurus,

>

>I recently ordered a 64bit Windows OS laptop from Dell. My question is,

>will ECC memory work in system which is supposed to take non-ECC?

 

This heavily depends on the BIOS, some do permit it others not.

I have had some machines, where I was not able to use ECC RAM only

non-ECC.

 

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Stefan Pendl