ECC RAM in A8N-SLI

houdini · 10-09-2007, 04:06 PM

Is there any point in trying ECC RAM in my computer? I have 2GB worth from a server we once had, but at this point, I'd try anything to reduce the number of random reboots. I bet it's my power supply not delivering enough juice since there are never any error messages upon reboot.

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CK8-04 · 10-09-2007, 07:56 PM

Your power supply may not necessarily cause random reboots. I've experienced random reboots twice in my life. First time, it was the power supply. I had a generic 250 watter that I moved from my P2 system to my Athlon XP system. Switched it out with a 300 watt Enermax and all my problems disappeared. Second time it happened, the CPU was the culprit. My system would reboot every time I was putting load on the CPU. Run Memtest86 and make sure your memory isn't at fault. You won't be able to use ECC memory in any Athlon 64 system. The memory controller lies within the processor and not the motherboard with A64 systems. Only socket 940 and 1207 Opteron processors support ECC memory. What kind of power supply are you using?

houdini · 10-09-2007, 08:28 PM

You were right about the ECC not working.

I have the Thermaltake TR2-430NP which is a 430W power supply. I'm dreading the fact that it could be the CPU, but I suppose I could get a better one. I have the 3200+ which is 2.0GHz and I don't think it's dual core.

Here's an odd thing, my networking keeps going out. It just rebooted and now can't see the network adapter. It was gone for a month, just started working again 2 days ago and now it stopped again. I think this machine is a bit of a pain in the a$$. Gonna try Last known good config, but who knows what that might do.

Oddly enough, my GeForce 7600 seems to not like rebooting as it usually causes my Dell 2007FP to get all speckled until I power it off and power it back on. Where the heck did my network adapter suddenly disappear to? I want it back!

houdini · 10-09-2007, 09:02 PM

Back to "Limited or no connectivity" land. This sucks. I think I tried resetting the windows networking files, but there was definitely a day between that and it starting to work again.

CK8-04 · 10-09-2007, 09:15 PM

430 watt should be more than enough for any single video card system. But just to be sure, have you swapped out the power supply with another?

houdini · 10-09-2007, 09:44 PM

The Command-Line in Windows XP: Netsh, the Network Services Shell

Wow, ok, so it turned out that there was a mechanical problem with my pci card holder (3D Aurora case looks cool, but may not be very good). I have internet working again, but I had to reinstall the drivers, again. Sigh.

houdini · 10-10-2007, 03:50 PM

I haven't swapped out the PS yet, but mainly because I don't have one lying around my office (i'm the IT guy for a pretty big collegiate football team).

Strange... I remote desktop into my admin profile on my home pc and since i never had before, it created the profile. this profile did not crash. i ran defrag and i figured if there was a CPU problem, defrag would have tripped it off, but it didn't. Finished two consecutive passes of the defrag.

So, now I'm wondering, is there something wrong just with my profile or could it be something like Azureus that's causing it to trip up? Mind you, I didn't have azureus installed before yesterday and it was crashing a lot so there was pretty much just the drivers, office 2k7, and other apps, but nothing hokey. AND, before yesterday, the pci card holder issue wasn't there because i hadn't needed to pop it open in a while. issues, issues, issues.

10-09-2007, 04:06 PM	#1
houdini CUSL2-C SuperFan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 787	ECC RAM in A8N-SLI Is there any point in trying ECC RAM in my computer? I have 2GB worth from a server we once had, but at this point, I'd try anything to reduce the number of random reboots. I bet it's my power supply not delivering enough juice since there are never any error messages upon reboot. __________________ Ours is not to reason why, If it helps, I'll give it a try!
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10-09-2007, 07:56 PM	#2
CK8-04 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Malden, MA Posts: 953	Re: ECC RAM in A8N-SLI Your power supply may not necessarily cause random reboots. I've experienced random reboots twice in my life. First time, it was the power supply. I had a generic 250 watter that I moved from my P2 system to my Athlon XP system. Switched it out with a 300 watt Enermax and all my problems disappeared. Second time it happened, the CPU was the culprit. My system would reboot every time I was putting load on the CPU. Run Memtest86 and make sure your memory isn't at fault. You won't be able to use ECC memory in any Athlon 64 system. The memory controller lies within the processor and not the motherboard with A64 systems. Only socket 940 and 1207 Opteron processors support ECC memory. What kind of power supply are you using? __________________ "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" - Steve Prefontaine Antec Solo Corsair 520HX Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 w/ TR SI-128 SE Intel D975XBX2 4GB Mushkin HP2 DDR2-800 5-4-4-12 1.8v eVGA e-Geforce 9800GT w/ TR T-Rad2 WD Velociraptor 150GB 10K RPM HP LP2065 20.1" S-IPS Logitech Z-5300e MS Comfort Curve KB 2000 Logitech G3
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10-09-2007, 08:28 PM	#3
houdini CUSL2-C SuperFan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 787	Re: ECC RAM in A8N-SLI You were right about the ECC not working. I have the Thermaltake TR2-430NP which is a 430W power supply. I'm dreading the fact that it could be the CPU, but I suppose I could get a better one. I have the 3200+ which is 2.0GHz and I don't think it's dual core. Here's an odd thing, my networking keeps going out. It just rebooted and now can't see the network adapter. It was gone for a month, just started working again 2 days ago and now it stopped again. I think this machine is a bit of a pain in the a$$. Gonna try Last known good config, but who knows what that might do. Oddly enough, my GeForce 7600 seems to not like rebooting as it usually causes my Dell 2007FP to get all speckled until I power it off and power it back on. Where the heck did my network adapter suddenly disappear to? I want it back! __________________ Ours is not to reason why, If it helps, I'll give it a try!
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10-09-2007, 09:02 PM	#4
houdini CUSL2-C SuperFan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 787	Re: ECC RAM in A8N-SLI Back to "Limited or no connectivity" land. This sucks. I think I tried resetting the windows networking files, but there was definitely a day between that and it starting to work again. __________________ Ours is not to reason why, If it helps, I'll give it a try!
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10-09-2007, 09:15 PM	#5
CK8-04 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Malden, MA Posts: 953	Re: ECC RAM in A8N-SLI 430 watt should be more than enough for any single video card system. But just to be sure, have you swapped out the power supply with another? __________________ "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" - Steve Prefontaine Antec Solo Corsair 520HX Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 w/ TR SI-128 SE Intel D975XBX2 4GB Mushkin HP2 DDR2-800 5-4-4-12 1.8v eVGA e-Geforce 9800GT w/ TR T-Rad2 WD Velociraptor 150GB 10K RPM HP LP2065 20.1" S-IPS Logitech Z-5300e MS Comfort Curve KB 2000 Logitech G3
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10-09-2007, 09:44 PM	#6
houdini CUSL2-C SuperFan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 787	Re: ECC RAM in A8N-SLI The Command-Line in Windows XP: Netsh, the Network Services Shell Wow, ok, so it turned out that there was a mechanical problem with my pci card holder (3D Aurora case looks cool, but may not be very good). I have internet working again, but I had to reinstall the drivers, again. Sigh. __________________ Ours is not to reason why, If it helps, I'll give it a try!
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10-10-2007, 03:50 PM	#7
houdini CUSL2-C SuperFan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 787	Re: ECC RAM in A8N-SLI I haven't swapped out the PS yet, but mainly because I don't have one lying around my office (i'm the IT guy for a pretty big collegiate football team). Strange... I remote desktop into my admin profile on my home pc and since i never had before, it created the profile. this profile did not crash. i ran defrag and i figured if there was a CPU problem, defrag would have tripped it off, but it didn't. Finished two consecutive passes of the defrag. So, now I'm wondering, is there something wrong just with my profile or could it be something like Azureus that's causing it to trip up? Mind you, I didn't have azureus installed before yesterday and it was crashing a lot so there was pretty much just the drivers, office 2k7, and other apps, but nothing hokey. AND, before yesterday, the pci card holder issue wasn't there because i hadn't needed to pop it open in a while. issues, issues, issues. __________________ Ours is not to reason why, If it helps, I'll give it a try!
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