On Tuesday 19 Jul 2005 20:53, strawks wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 13:52 -0500, Josh Battles wrote: > > strawks said: > > > The best way to avoid RAM problem is to buy ECC RAM. This way if your > > > RAM has a failling cell, you'll know it. > > > > ECC RAM is expensive and RAM errors are relatively rare nowdays, I don't > > think this is something that's easily justified in a home environment. > > Besides with current pricing on Non-ECC RAM, it's cheaper to just replace > > what you've got in the event you have an issue. It'll still be cheaper > > to buy regular RAM twice than it is buying ECC RAM once. > > ECC RAM is unjustified in a home environment, except maybe for a server. > ECC RAM is not so expensie (I just checked on Kingston Website : $122 > for 1GB Non-ECC DDR400 CL3, $152 for ECC), it's the Reg ECC RAM that is > really expensive ($201 for 1GB Reg ECC DDR400)
Interesting conversation, people. But, could we move this topic to a different thread, please ? We don't know that broken RAM is the cause yet. And the person is still looking for direct help. Cheers, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
