Motherboards and BIOS settings support both ECC and non-ECC memory in most cases . It's up to whoever assembles the system to decide what to use.
Best Regards, Matt Tudor, MSEE- RF Design & Consulting Gigahertz Electronics http://www.gigahertzelectronics.com -----Original Message----- From: Jon Elson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel Crashes >Jeff Adolphs wrote: > >> Thanks to all for all the advise!! >> >> My latest theroy is that the extended RAM module was indeed bad. AutoCAD >> 2000 is running good without the RAM module. I am assuming current >> Protel projects may have had the Databases corrupted (when the bad RAM >> card was in place) and why I continue to get Protel crashes (although I >> haven't worked on Protel since using Database repair). >> >> At this point I have been able to get work done in all software >> programs. Time will tell whether I have other issues involved and I will >> keep the info from the group in mind. > >Whew! Having worked on a number of mini-mainframe systems over >the years (when they were king) and having gotten used to having >the computer stop rather than blundering on destroying data in >hidden ways, this is really intolerable! It is totally apalling that >modern >computers don't even have parity in most cases, no less ECC memory. >I guess there are "server-grade" motherboards that do have these >features. > >Jon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *