You probably mean ECC RAM. Registered RAM is slightly slower and quite a bit more expensive.
These days most registered RAM is also ECC (due to the higher cost and the fact that typically registered RAM is now generally only used by servers that have larger memory requirements). I am a big fan of ECC, but RAM quality is so improved now that it's been a long time since I've seen a name brand memory module go bad. Besides Memtest86 and Windows Memory Diagnostic, Prime95 is a great memory and CPU stress/torture test. It makes a great burn in tool/diagnostic. http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Polak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE crashing > Dennis Saputelli wrote: > > > thanks Harry & Brad & Ivan > > i am not a big fan of reinstalling, but will try *after* running memtest > > Hey Protel'ers, > > One thing I can say, especially if you are considering building a > new machine for serious production work -- invest the extra couple bucks > in a motherboard which has REGISTERED memory. Registered DDR RAM is > usually only slightly more expensive than standandard RAM, but has a > full 8 bits of parity-correction added for every 64-bits of memory; this > means that unless the memory error is extremely severe, the memory > management hardware can usually autocorrect (and then optionally report) > the error seamlessly in the memory read cycle. At least if you crash and > burn because of a system memory error, you will generally know it! This > generally removes RAM as a cause of system problems. > > I have been running on a SuperMicro server-grade motherboard > (X5DAL-TG2) with 2GB registered RAM for nearly a year now, and (save for > a single issue with NVidia drivers for my Quadro4) I have NEVER had this > machine freeze or randomly reboot on me. (knock on wood!) I usually have > DXP open, along with a dozen different applications, for DAYS on end, > and have never had a problem. Sometimes Protel will get slow and require > the occasional program restart, but generally nothing worse than that. > > This system cost a bit more than your average system to build, but I > feel the >99.9% uptime and reliability I've had with it justifies the > extra money. > > Anyhow, just some stuff to think about! I'm not a DXP whiz, so I > usually ask more questions than I can answer, but at least I'll step up > when I can! > > Regards, > -- Matt ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
