Error checking and correction on L2 cache, good or bad?

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Hi, I have a amd64 3000 processor and i saw in the bios
that ECC is enabled on the L2 cache, is this smart or
should it be disabled because of lowered performance?
thanks

 

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The lowered performance is negligable and you will really like the added
security and stability of having it enabled. I would highly recommend
leaving it on especially in a work or production environment. One thing
you will want to make sure, when you install Service Pack 2, that
Hardware DEP is enabled.

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Nathan McNulty


Ameer K. wrote:
> Hi, I have a amd64 3000 processor and i saw in the bios
> that ECC is enabled on the L2 cache, is this smart or
> should it be disabled because of lowered performance?
> thanks