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to ecc or not to ecc!

now i heard with rd-ram there are two types ones with ecc and ones without ecc. now i have a hp pavalion 9870 wihch uses the old pc-600 rd-ram... now i want to upgrade to 512 mb... so how do u know which memorytype will work for me... can i use pc-800 memory... and how do i find out if need ecc or non-ecc memory. please respond. thanx for reading guys.

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again... wrong forum

btw you will have to check if your MB needs ECC. Probably not but you have to check. If the MB has non-ECC RAM then you don't need it. If you are using RD-600 then you will most likely be able to use RD-800. Gotta check the specs on the motherboard.
 
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