Hi

Could you give me a chipset and motherboard recommendation for someone
who wants full ECC RAM support under Linux (Redhat 9)? I plan to use a
socket 478 Celeron 4 or a Socket A Athlon system.

David

David,

Chipset is not what decides whether or not the motherboard will
support ECC, it has to do with the types of ram the motherboard is
designed to accept. Motherboards that support ECC ram are more
expensive because their use generally is restricted to server systems.

As for ECC supporting motherboards for the Socket 478
http://www.tufshop.com/store/product2054.html

This is the Intel D875PBZLK Pentium Motherboard, lots of features -
fully supporting ECC ram.

As for AMD based systems it appears only the MP based systems (Dual
Proc) support ECC

http://www.8anet.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=34&lastcatid=5&step=4

This link is the a TYAN S2466N-4M dual AMD MP which is a very good
brand of motherboard manufacturer.

Hope this helps!

Hi,
I don't know how to post answers, but read this. We have a Athlon. A
good motherboard and chipset (on the motherboard) is a Epox EP-7KXA.
We ordered ours from http://www.motherboards.com. Be careful if you do
because there is a Rip-off Article from them for another piece of
hardware.

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Thank you

I agree with 1978 when I say that os support is unnessecary for ECC
ram to function properly. Many motherboards have a setting to enable
or disable ECC support. All error checking and correcting functions
are taken on by the motherboard's memory controller, so if your
motherboard supports ecc ram and it's bios has a setting to enable or
disable this fucntion, you are in the clear.