ECC or non-ecc?

[Mikey7]

Is there a way to tell on a generic 512 pc133 chip whether it is ecc or non ecc? if not is there some other way to check it? :eh?:

[Placid]

Please note that besides the 9 IC chips,
2 more buffer chips are included in the center,one on the other side (3 buffers total).



http://www.supermicro.com/images/Imag_Prod/CASE/Others/atp%20pc133%20256%20128%20ecc%20reg.jpg

[Mikey7]

Thanks, this chip looks nothing like the pic but it doen't appear to have buffers, so I am going to assume for now that it is non ecc. Tried to include pic but couldn't get it to work. :confused:

[o770]

if the number of chips on the stick is divisible by 3 or 5 you have ECC ram.
the IC chips by the way, that with the black numbers on Placid's picture.

[Mikey7]

oTTo, you da' man. ECC it is. thanks for the info. And thanks to Placid for the info and pic. One of these days I'll learn what the Hell I'm doing.