hardware for home use large storage

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd at over-yonder.net> wrote:
> > > I have something similar (5x1Tb) - I have a Gigabyte
> > > GA-MA785GM-US2H with an Athlon X2 and 4Gb of RAM (only half
> > > filled - 2x2Gb)
> > >
> > > Note that it doesn't support ECC, I don't know if that is a
> > > problem.
> >
> > How's that?  Is the BIOS just stupid, or is the board physically
> > missing traces?
>
> Doesn't matter really, does it?
>
> I have a GA-MA78G-DS3H.  According to the specs, it supports ECC
> memory.  And that is all the mention of ECC you will find anywhere.
> There is nothing in the BIOS.  My best guess is that they quite
> literally mean that you can plug ECC memory into the board and it
> will work, but that there are no provisions to actually use ECC.

FWIW I can't see ECC support listed for that board on Gigabyte's 
website.. (vs the GA-MA770T-UD3P which does list ECC as supported - 
DDR3 board though)

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