> I've never had ECC memory to my knowledge. What have I been missing out on, in practice? Can we confidently say that x% of my past BSOD were the direct conseq

> I've never had ECC memory to my knowledge. What have I been missing out on, in practice? Can we confidently say that x% of my past BSOD were the direct consequence? I very highly doubt so. I remember BSOD and Guru meditations (on the Amiga) before that. Once I switched to Linux suddenly no more BSOD and very little kernel panics. I've had at times my desktop reach six months of uptime. I think bit-flips are a great excuse for unreliable software. BTW I'm not saying ECC is unnecessary: I'm saying it's unlikely the lack of ECC was the reason for most of the BSOD you saw throughout the ages.