hardware for home use large storage

[David N]

On 10 February 2010 08:33, Christian Weisgerber <naddy at mips.inka.de> wrote:
> Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd at over-yonder.net> wrote:
>
>> > I have something similar (5x1Tb) - I have a Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H
>> > with an Athlon X2 and 4Gb of RAM (only half filled - 2x2Gb)
>> >
>> > Note that it doesn't support ECC, I don't know if that is a problem.
>>
>> How's that?  Is the BIOS just stupid, or is the board physically
>> missing traces?
>
> Doesn't matter really, does it?
>
> I have a GA-MA78G-DS3H.  According to the specs, it supports ECC
> memory.  And that is all the mention of ECC you will find anywhere.
> There is nothing in the BIOS.  My best guess is that they quite
> literally mean that you can plug ECC memory into the board and it
> will work, but that there are no provisions to actually use ECC.
>
> That said, I also have an Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe.  If I enable ECC in
> the BIOS, the board locks up sooner or later, even when just sitting
> in the BIOS.  memtest86 dies a screaming death immediately.  When
> I disable ECC, the board is solid, both in actual use and with
> memtest.
>
> I thought if I built a PC from components, I'd be already a step
> above the lowest dregs of the consumer market, but apparently not.
>
> --
> Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy at mips.inka.de
>
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I had an M2A-VM HDMI that had the ECC problem, ASUS released a BIOS
update for it, not sure for the M2N if they fixed that problem.

>From what I've seen, most ASUS boards have the ECC option, dont take
my word for it though.

Regards
David N