Mixing Ram, WILL IT WORK?

[nweaver]

I have a Giga-Byte GA-7VRXP with 256 MB of pc2100 ram. I have stumbled on a good deal for 512 MB of pc 2100 ECC ram.

Question, if I have both sticks in the computer, will it work ok? Not sure about mixing ECC and non ECC.


System is:
Gigabyte GA-7VRXP
Athlon 1900+ (no OC)
256 MB PC 2100
GF2MX400


Link to Crucial.com's webpage about what works with this board
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Giga-Byte%2B+Motherboards&mfr=Giga-Byte&cat=RAM&model=GA-7VRXP&submit=Go

Edit: Fixing Link

 

[nick1985]

i dont think that the mixing of ecc and non-ecc is goona fly. but thats just my opinion

 

[Link19]

What is the differencew between ECC RAM and non-ECC RAM? I believe ECC stands for error correction code. Am I right? Is this feature important to have whatever it really does?

 

[nweaver]

also, anyone know if I can just turn of ECC for all slots?
(at work atm, cannot access the bios to check it)

 

[Insidious]

My MoBo has a BIOS option to enable ECC or not (you can only do it on all slots.... not pick)

You will need to either browse your BIOS or the manual of your MoBo for your answer.

My guess would be that you will have to disable ECC to get that mix to work.... but even with that, mixing RAM types is not a good idea. (probably just have to try it and see if it works... I don't think you have to worry about breaking anything.... well possible HD corruption if the ram goes nutz)

-Sid

 

[nweaver]

I don't think you have to worry about breaking anything.... well possible HD corruption if the ram goes nutz)

that is what Ghost is for. 5 min fixes rule.


Gonna try that, see if the mix of ram works. Haven't checked bios yet for ECC options

 

[Insidious]

Originally posted by: nweaver

I don't think you have to worry about breaking anything.... well possible HD corruption if the ram goes nutz)

that is what Ghost is for. 5 min fixes rule.


Gonna try that, see if the mix of ram works. Haven't checked bios yet for ECC options

Ghost has saved my butt sooooo many times.... KUDOS to the folks who back up their data.....
I just put a wize-azzed remark in another thread to a guy who didn't back his stuff up.

 

[numark]

Originally posted by: Link19
What is the differencew between ECC RAM and non-ECC RAM? I believe ECC stands for error correction code. Am I right? Is this feature important to have whatever it really does?

ECC is used often on servers because it can detect single-bit errors and correct them instead of crashing the system. Errors of that sort have been shown to happen more often than you would think, and many times you simply can't afford to have a server brought down for 5 minutes because of a memory error. That's what ECC is for.

 

[nweaver]

My ghost image is actually the latest drivers I can get at the time on a fresh install of winxp, and all my programs, but none of my settings or files. I run the XP file and settings Transfer Wizard about once a month, and that is the backup. Very quick and easy.