ECC memory... MSI NEO2 support?

Dec 10, 2004
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Would anyone know if MSI NEO2 platinum Nforce3 Ultra supports ECC memory?
I have been looking in the manual but I do not see ecc support anywhere.
 

Gamingphreek

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No it does not.

Remember with A64 the motheboard doesn't necessarily determine what kind of memory is used because of the on-die memory controller. THe Opterons and the FX-51 and 53 are the only chips that support this on AMDs line and they are all socket 940.

-Kevin
 
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Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
No it does not.

Remember with A64 the motheboard doesn't necessarily determine what kind of memory is used because of the on-die memory controller. THe Opterons and the FX-51 and 53 are the only chips that support this on AMDs line and they are all socket 940.

-Kevin

Dear Sir,

Thank you for contacting MSI Technical Support.

With regard to your concern, this K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard can support either ECC or without ECC memory modules.

Please feel free to let us know if you still have any concern.

Best regards,

MSI Technical Support.

 
Dec 10, 2004
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Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
No it does not.

Remember with A64 the motheboard doesn't necessarily determine what kind of memory is used because of the on-die memory controller. THe Opterons and the FX-51 and 53 are the only chips that support this on AMDs line and they are all socket 940.

-Kevin

I am sure your correct, just had a chance to buy brand new extreme corsair ecc registered unbuffered 3-3-3-8 1gig 160$. Not going to do that besides it may even effect gaming if it were to work, just a great price hard to pass up!
 
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Here are some facts data from AMD's site, should I try this stuff out or do you have a link that will tell me different?

http://64.233.161.104/search?q...-bit+correct&hl=en

64-Kbyte 2-Way Associative ECC-Protected L1 Data Cache
? Two 64-bit operations per cycle, 3-cycle latency
?64-Kbyte 2-Way Associative Parity-ProtectedL1 Instruction Cache?With advanced branch prediction
?1024-Kbyte (1-Mbyte) 16-Way Associative ECC-Protected L2 Cache?Exclusive cache architecture?storage in additionto L1 caches
?Machine Check Architecture?Includes hardware scrubbing of major ECC-protected arrays

939 Pin Package Specific Features
?Refer to the AMD Functional Data Sheet, 939Pin Package, order# 31411, for functional, electrical, and mechanical details of 939 pin package processors
?Packaging?939 pin lidded micro PGA?1.27-mm pin pitch?31x31 row pin array?40mm x 40mm organic substrate?Organic C4 die attach
?Integrated Memory Controller?Low-latency, high-bandwidth?128-bit DDR SDRAM at 100, 133, 166, and 200 MHz?Supports up to four unbuffered DIMMs?ECC checking with double-bit detect and single-bitcorrect
?HyperTransport? Technology to I/O Devices?One 16-bitlinksupportingspeeds upto 1 GHz(2000MT/s) or 4 Gigabytes/s in each direction30431Publication #3.05Revision:June 2004Issue Date:
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30431 Rev. 3.05 June 2004AMD Athlon? 64 FX Product Data SheetTrademarksAMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron and combinations thereof, and 3DNow! are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium.MMX is a trademark of Intel Corporation.Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.DisclaimerThe contents of this document are provided in connection with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (?AMD?) products. AMD makes no rep-resentations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this publication and reserves the right to makechanges to specifications and product descriptions at any time without notice. No license, whether express, implied, arising by estoppelor otherwise, to any intellectual property rights is granted by this publication. Except as set forth in AMD?s Standard Terms and Condi-tions of Sale, AMD assumes no liability whatsoever, and disclaims any express or implied warranty, relating to its products including,but not limited to, the implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or infringement of any intellectual propertyright.AMD?s products are not designed, intended, authorized or warranted for use as components in systems intended for surgical implantinto the body, or in other applications intended to support or sustain life, or in any other application in which the failure of AMD?s prod-uct could create a situation where personal injury, death, or severe property or environmental damage may occur. AMD reserves theright to discontinue or make changes to its products at any time without notice.© 2002, 2003, 2004 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
 

Peter

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All Athlon-64 processors support ECC memory. For socket-754 and -939, you need "unbuffered" DIMMs, while Opterons use "Registered".

You still need to check whether your mainboard and its BIOS actually implement ECC RAM support. (Socket-940 boards always do.)