Bill Ensley wrote: > 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.
As Fred J. points out, there are both non-registered and registered versions of ECC RAM. Registered ECC RAM is almost always found in servers, but plain ECC RAM is sometimes supported by consumer-grade motherboards. Anyway, as soon as I saw the 3200*R* in Bill's request, I knew I didn't have what he needed. galen -- Galen Seitz [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
