Hi, I was wondering if anybody could help me. I have an asrock motherboard, and was wondering if it was cabaple of taking ecc ram.

Here are the specs
Audio Output
Audio Codec
CMI9761A

Compliant Standards
AC '97

Sound Output Mode
5.1 channel surround

Type
Sound card

Header
Compatibility
PC

Model
P4V88

Packaged Quantity
1

Product Line
ASRock

Key Information
Audio
6-channel

Network
Ethernet

Storage
ATA-133
Serial ATA-150 (RAID)

Mainboard
BIOS Type
AMI

Chipset Type
VIA PT880

Compatible Processors
Celeron
Pentium 4

Data Bus Speed
800 MHz

Form Factor
ATX

I/O Controller
VIA VT8237

Processor Socket
Socket 478

Supported RAM Speed
PC2100
PC2700
PC3200

Supported RAM Technology
DDR SDRAM

Mainboard Features
Additional Connectors (Optional)
2 x Hi-Speed USB

BIOS Features
ACPI support
Hyper-Threading Technology
SMBIOS support

Hardware Features
ASRock Hybrid Booster
ASRock U-COP

Hardware Monitoring
Chassis fan tachometer
Chassis temperature
CPU core temperature
CPU core voltage
CPU fan tachometer
CPU overheating protection
System voltage

Manual Settings
AGP slot voltage
CPU frequency
Memory bus frequency
Memory voltage

Sleep / Wake Up
Wake on LAN (WOL)

Miscellaneous
Compliant Standards
CE
FCC
Plug and Play
WHQL

Modem
Type
None

Networking
Data Link Protocol
Ethernet
Fast Ethernet

Network Controller
VIA Tahoe VT6103

Type
Network adapter

Processor
Installed Qty
0

Max Supported Qty
1

RAM
Features
Two DDR channels

Installed Size
0 MB

Max Supported Size
4 GB

Storage Controller
Controller Interface Type
Serial ATA-150

RAID Level
JBOD
RAID 0
RAID 1

Type
RAID

Storage Controller (2nd)
Controller Interface Type
ATA-133

Type
IDE

Video Output
Type
None

If anybody can help me, it would be great!

Thanks in advance,

Tmwar

I would think not.

Memory - Dual Channel DDR memory technology
- Supports DDR400/333/266
- DIMM slots: 4
- Max. capacity: 4GB

http://www.asrock.com/product/P4V88.htm

In general ECC compatibility would be clearly stated.

When you go to buy RAM and you see 16X64, this means 16 Meg X 64 Bits which is a 128 Meg stick of RAM. A stick of RAM that is ?x64 is non error correcting, while a stick of ?x72 is error correcting and runs slower that the 64. ECC RAM (error correcting code) is normally used on a server motherboard for more reliability and costs more, the extra 8 Bits is used to correct the data passing through. Your motherboard probably cannot use ECC RAM and if it able to use ECC RAM it cannot be combined with NON ECC RAM. ECC is parity RAM, Non-ECC RAM is Non-parity RAM. Most types of RAM come in either NON ECC or ECC.

Ok, thanks for the reply. I just wondered because in the BIOS menu there is an option for enabled/disabling RAM compatibility. I wondered if it was for ECC/Non-ECC or for differant types of make of RAM, e.g. Kingston

Scott

Originally Posted by jephree

I would think not.

Memory - Dual Channel DDR memory technology
- Supports DDR400/333/266
- DIMM slots: 4
- Max. capacity: 4GB

http://www.asrock.com/product/P4V88.htm

In general ECC compatibility would be clearly stated.