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ECC registered requires specific support to work at all, and you're not going to find that on consumer level boards.

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I have 4x2 GB ram modules in a old system I was wondering if I can but sever ram in it it uses old DDR3 RAM. the ram is ECC registered but in the system I'm using it is not ECC registered would that affect anything?

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ECC registered requires specific support to work at all, and you're not going to find that on consumer level boards.

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5 minutes ago, porina said:

ECC registered requires specific support to work at all, and you're not going to find that on consumer level boards.

So I can only ECC RAM is sever grade boards?

 

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4 minutes ago, Hudson Griffin said:

So I can only ECC RAM is sever grade boards?

You have to look for boards that explicitly claim ECC support and have a CPU that also supports ECC. Most consumer hardware doesn't.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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31 minutes ago, Hudson Griffin said:

So I can only ECC RAM is sever grade boards?

 

Yes, to be specific only server chipsets can run ECC reg.

example, Ryzen supports ECC memories, but not for ECC reg.

only Threadripper PRO and Epyc support ECC Reg. 

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1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

Yes, to be specific only server chipsets can run ECC reg.

example, Ryzen supports ECC memories, but not for ECC reg.

only Threadripper PRO and Epyc support ECC Reg. 

Rip I'm using phenom :/

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