Laymans answer: Technically it's called ECC Ram or Error Correcting Ram
There is a 9th chip on the stick that keeps the other 8 in line. I'm sure someone else here will give a more technical answer, but that's all i've got. Thanks -Bill Ensley www.bearprinting.com On 11/20/2011 1:07 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > wes wrote: > [ *SNIP* ] >> One thing that should be noted is the RAM he needs is Registered RAM... >> desktop (unregistered) chips won't work. >> > What is "Registered RAM"? I've played with computers for ~50 > years and > never run across that term ;) > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
