Epox Mobo question

[sho.gun]

I was reading newegg's reviews of the Epox -8kha+ mobo when I came upon a post by some guy who claims that the Epox does not support DDR ram with ECC. Well confound it i just got 512mb of crucial DDR w/ ECC. Is this true? I thought ECC deals directly with the RAM sticks itself, not the mobo.

[MusashiM]

If I remember correctly, the Epox doesn't REQUIRE ECC ram, but that shouldn't exclude you from using it....

[sho.gun]

Well I don't think any mobos REQUIRE ECC ram, it's just a feature the Ram has. I think that man is wrong about the Epox not supporting it...

[MusashiM]

Originally posted by sho.gun
Well I don't think any mobos REQUIRE ECC ram, it's just a feature the Ram has. I think that man is wrong about the Epox not supporting it...

I thought there was something about needing ECC ram if you are going to use 2 512 Meg DDR chips in a KT266 motherboard... or was that certified?

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by MusashiM


I thought there was something about needing ECC ram if you are going to use 2 512 Meg DDR chips in a KT266 motherboard... or was that certified?

registered you mean?

[Grimm]

No, if a motherboard does not support ECC you may not be able to use the ECC ram in it.

[sho.gun]

Damn... so it really depends on whether the mobo supports it?? What would happen if I put ECC ram in a non ECC mobo, would it still work albeit the ECC? I'm pissed... that -8kha+ better support it...:angry:

[MusashiM]

Originally posted by sho.gun
Damn... so it really depends on whether the mobo supports it?? What would happen if I put ECC ram in a non ECC mobo, would it still work albeit the ECC? I'm pissed... that -8kha+ better support it...:angry:

I'm pretty sure it does.

[sho.gun]

Well, according to this (http://www.epox.com/HTML/ENGLISH/products/motherboard/ep-8kha+.htm), the epox board does not support ECC... blast!!

So, I'm asking you hardware techies, if I were to put ECC ram in there, would it still work without the ECC or would it not work completely?

Damn I'm mad...

[MusashiM]

Maybe you could also post this in the AMD Forum? You might get more of a response there...

[sho.gun]

Nah, I think I'm just going to go with an MSI board. I'm looking at the MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU, which has the USB 2.0 ports and built in RAID feature. Probably not as good as the Epox but hell, I don't understand why out of all the mobo manufacturers Epox decided not to support ecc. Oh, and the MSI is red too, I love red mobos.

[MusashiM]

Hehe, but can you actually see your board once you install it?

[sho.gun]

Yep, the sho.gun PC will have a nice clear window/door on its side. :D

[DREDD]

well, I got my Epox 8KHA+ and used 1 stick of ECC RAm for a test and it did work. So there! I think it won't work with ECC if you use the full 1.5GB or somethin. Anyway 1 or 2 sticks should do fine.

[Wizard]

sho.gun wait till you see some benchies on the EP-8KHA2 it will be quite fast. Also Epox will be releasing a Dual AMD board soon that you'll just love to have.

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by W|zard
sho.gun wait till you see some benchies on the EP-8KHA2 it will be quite fast. Also Epox will be releasing a Dual AMD board soon that you'll just love to have.

After reading 6 or so reviews for the MSI K7T266 PRO2-RU, the benches seem to show that its actually faster than the epox and Soyo that was reviewed here at G|A. I'm actually starting to fall in love with the MSI, but do you have any more info on the EP-8KHA2? And by the way, I'm too broke to buy anything dual AMD...

[Wizard]

Supports Socket A Processors
AMD Athlon & Duron.
VIA Apollo KT266A AGPset
I/O Controller 1 Floppy drive controller, 1 Parallel port (EPP, ECP), 2 Serial ports.
USB 4 supported onboard. 2 additional as option.
Award PnP BIOS. Flash upgradeable 120MB ATAPI floppy drive and ZIP support!
Standard ATX form factor 305mm x 245mm ATX.
UltraDMA-100 EIDE Controllers (Up to 4 IDE devices)
Highpoint 372 ATA 133 Raid Controller (Up to 4 ATA133 IDE devices)
200/266MHz Front Side Bus
4x DDR-SDRAM Slots for PC2100 4GB max. supported. Non-ECC.
PS/2 connectors 1 PS/2 mouse, 1 PS/2 keyboard.

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by W|zard
Non-ECC.


:mad:
Why, oh why did I buy ECC ram...

I think I'm gonna order that MSI board tonight, unless someone comes up with a good reason of why I shouldn't.

[Wizard]

Give me tonight, I will talk to a friend that works in Epox and see if the board will work with ECC ram.

Why did you buy ECC ram anyways?????

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by W|zard
Why did you buy ECC ram anyways?????

It was only 1 or 2 dollars more than the other ones. Mine's a Crucial 256mb DDR registered w/ECC.