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I can confirm that ECC DRAM worked as expected on my current AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, an AMD Phenom II x6 1090T that I had in a previous build, and an AMD Opteron 185
by theevilsharpie 6y ago
I can confirm that ECC DRAM worked as expected on my current AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, an AMD Phenom II x6 1090T that I had in a previous build, and an AMD Opteron 185 that I had in a build before that. The operating system detects the error-correction capability in the memory controller, and errors are properly detected (tested by reducing the memory timings slightly below stable values).
I don't think there's a mass-market laptop with ECC support, but AMD's desktop CPUs have supported ECC for as long as I can remember. That being said, it's been an optional feature that is up to the motherboard maker to implement, and not all do.
- adrian_b 6y agoMost so called "mobile workstation" laptops with 45-W H CPUs, from Dell, Lenovo or HP, support ECC (if you choose a H Xeon CPU instead of the equivalent Intel Core CPU). I have a Dell Precision laptop from 2016, with a Skylake Xeon and ECC memory.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoYep, and how was the price difference and heat generation? It’s why I’ve shied away from xeon laptops in the past.