ECC memory

[OrangeSVTguy]

i was just wondering about that. i pulled a 128mb pc133 stick out of a dell server and put in my g4 sawtooth. does ECC registered memory slow down a mac or is it faster? i don't know the difference between the 2. i've had it in my system for a few weeks now without any problems. thanks

 

[luffx]

i was just wondering about that. i pulled a 128mb pc133 stick out of a dell server and put in my g4 sawtooth. does ECC registered memory slow down a mac or is it faster? i don't know the difference between the 2. i've had it in my system for a few weeks now without any problems. thanks

ECC is slower, due to the test circuitry. idk what the % is. I've heard 3% & 10%.

 

[trainguy77]

Well the ECC part of the ram would not function in a G4 system. I am amazed in runs at all. As the Logicboard has to support it

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

cool thanks for your help. i just have 4 128mb sticks in there now and one of them is ECC. i was just kinda shocked that the mac would see it though. i'm looking for 4 512mbs though.

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[ab2650]

So much for not mixing memory. Aside from the PC133/100 and ECC/non difference, are those different CAS latencies there too?

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

yeah i just about got every type of variety of memory in my system. that will change as i get more. but just wanted to know about the ECC. my computer seems to see it so i was just wondering if it was good or not and not slow or fast. thanks for everyone's help.