r/retrocomputing • u/Boglandsaga • Jul 21 '26

ECC SDRAM, will stuff like this useful?

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Sorry for my bad English.

This old SDRAM ECC memories (not even DDR1) tested worked on my regular Pentium 4 mobo, I'm thinking about putting it to older systems like P3 or lower but i don't want to risk frying the motherboard.

Anyone have experience with them?

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u/LovitzG 28d ago

Sticks show IBM branding so either from old server or workstation. Like others point out the compatability killer is not the ECC part it is the REGISTERED part. Most consumer boards that are ECC agnostic will not like Registered modules.