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So will the Ryzen version work with ECC RAM?

by 1MachineElf 5y ago

walterbell 5y ago
AsRock usually does with Ryzen, but testing is needed since these NUC-sized boxes are using laptop chipsets.
- absorber 5y ago
  It's kind of vague and hit-and-miss though, even on non-NUC systems ASRock not always supports ECC. Supposedly it's because of AMD's (lack of) clarity about the matter (according to an ASRock rep, at least) This is the mail I sent them in January. Still waiting for a response: > (This is a pretty technical sales question) > I wanted to know about the ECC compatibility of Asrock Rack X470D4U > In the specifications (https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=X470D4U#Specifications https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=X...) it says the following: > "*For Picasso Ridge and Raven Ridge CPUs, ECC is only supported with PRO CPUs." > However, there is no such thing as "Picasso Ridge". There is however Pinnacle Ridge and Raven Ridge. Perhaps a mistake? > So I was wondering what AMD CPUs had full ECC compatibility (so both detection and correction) > Does the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 have full ECC support on that board, for example?
  - walterbell 5y ago
    Ryzen in general is all over the place, sometimes ECC works on systems even when the BIOS has not been officially validated to support ECC. OEMs protect market segments with higher-priced devices, e.g. Ryzen Pro and EPYC/Xeon, which limits where AMD can offer "official" support for ECC.
fu8ur8uwr8eu 5y ago
In 2019 I purchased an ASRock iBOX-V1000 which is fanless and completely silent (and has Ryzen quad core with integrated Vega GPU) and I have run it with 32GB ECC ram with both Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04. Works great. Yes, the ECC works in "ECC mode" and Linux can see and report any detected/corrected memory errors. (Never seen any errors. Some people use hair dryers to heat up the ram to test the ECC, though.) I purchased from mitxpc: https://mitxpc.com/products/ibox-v1000?_pos=1&_sid=a0e23dd56&_ss=r https://mitxpc.com/products/ibox-v1000?_pos=1&_sid=a0e23dd56...
- walterbell 5y ago
  Thanks for real-world report on the V1000 fanless. Hopefully the V2000 fanless version will reach retail soon, was announced in 20Q4.

So will the Ryzen version work with ECC RAM?

walterbell 5y ago

AsRock usually does with Ryzen, but testing is needed since these NUC-sized boxes are using laptop chipsets.

absorber 5y ago
It's kind of vague and hit-and-miss though, even on non-NUC systems ASRock not always supports ECC. Supposedly it's because of AMD's (lack of) clarity about the matter (according to an ASRock rep, at least) This is the mail I sent them in January. Still waiting for a response: > (This is a pretty technical sales question) > I wanted to know about the ECC compatibility of Asrock Rack X470D4U > In the specifications (https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=X470D4U#Specifications https://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=X...) it says the following: > "*For Picasso Ridge and Raven Ridge CPUs, ECC is only supported with PRO CPUs." > However, there is no such thing as "Picasso Ridge". There is however Pinnacle Ridge and Raven Ridge. Perhaps a mistake? > So I was wondering what AMD CPUs had full ECC compatibility (so both detection and correction) > Does the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 have full ECC support on that board, for example?
- walterbell 5y ago
  Ryzen in general is all over the place, sometimes ECC works on systems even when the BIOS has not been officially validated to support ECC. OEMs protect market segments with higher-priced devices, e.g. Ryzen Pro and EPYC/Xeon, which limits where AMD can offer "official" support for ECC.

fu8ur8uwr8eu 5y ago

In 2019 I purchased an ASRock iBOX-V1000 which is fanless and completely silent (and has Ryzen quad core with integrated Vega GPU) and I have run it with 32GB ECC ram with both Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04. Works great. Yes, the ECC works in "ECC mode" and Linux can see and report any detected/corrected memory errors. (Never seen any errors. Some people use hair dryers to heat up the ram to test the ECC, though.) I purchased from mitxpc: https://mitxpc.com/products/ibox-v1000?_pos=1&_sid=a0e23dd56&_ss=r https://mitxpc.com/products/ibox-v1000?_pos=1&_sid=a0e23dd56...

walterbell 5y ago
Thanks for real-world report on the V1000 fanless. Hopefully the V2000 fanless version will reach retail soon, was announced in 20Q4.