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AW
07-19-2001, 11:14 PM
When looking at RAM prices, I found these:

128MB PC133 SDRAM 168pin (HY/MT)
128MB PC133 SDRAM 168pin (oem)
128MB PC133 SDRAM ECC 168pin

What does the HY/MT and ECC mean? The HY/MT is a little more expensive, and the ECC is more than twice the price.
Bsdboy
07-19-2001, 11:25 PM
OEM=Generic(Original Equiptment Manufacturer)
HY=Hyundai
MT=Micron
ECC=Error Correction Code

Bsdboy
Mortis
07-20-2001, 05:45 AM
Greetings. The ecc ram is built mainly for servers, roughly- it checks data to ensure their are no errors being written to the hard drive. It is actually a little slower than non-ecc ram. If it is a non-system server, go with non-ecc.

Mortis
(this info was explained to me by Dr.Vette just a couple days ago http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif ---> http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/001686.html )
AW
07-20-2001, 05:00 PM
Okay, now I know. Thanks.