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

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

Check with the mobo manufacturer.

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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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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?
>
> --
> Spin
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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.
 
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
 
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