Best single proc Athlon XP mobo that supports PC2100 Regis..

[Chris]

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Hi,

My dual athlon MSI K7D Master mobo is dying from burst capacitors (still
just about works but does about 20 reboots before POSTing).

I need a cheap replacement mobo (most likely single proc) to tide me
over until I upgrade next summer to AMD64.

I have 2*512MB Crucial PC2100 Registered ECC DDR that I'd like to re-use
so I need to find a replacement board that supports ECC Registered RAM.

I can't find many old Athlon XP boards that support this type of RAM. I
was looking at the Abit KG7 but was wondering if there is anything
better than this.

Do any of the nforce chipsets support ECC?

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Guest]

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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:44:18 GMT, Chris
<news@NOSPICEDHAM4ME.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>My dual athlon MSI K7D Master mobo is dying from burst capacitors (still
>just about works but does about 20 reboots before POSTing).
>
>I need a cheap replacement mobo (most likely single proc) to tide me
>over until I upgrade next summer to AMD64.
>
>I have 2*512MB Crucial PC2100 Registered ECC DDR that I'd like to re-use
>so I need to find a replacement board that supports ECC Registered RAM.
>
>I can't find many old Athlon XP boards that support this type of RAM. I
>was looking at the Abit KG7 but was wondering if there is anything
>better than this.
>
>Do any of the nforce chipsets support ECC?

Better? You're stuck using the AMD chipset because it
supports ECC.

A dual board isn't so likely to be easy to find or cheap,
your best bet might be replacing the capacitors (finding
someone who will if you lack experience in circuit board
soldering). If that is to be done it is better to do so now
before the capacitors degrade enough to pose more problems
than just instability.

 

[Dee]

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kony wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:44:18 GMT, Chris
> <news@NOSPICEDHAM4ME.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>My dual athlon MSI K7D Master mobo is dying from burst capacitors (still
>>just about works but does about 20 reboots before POSTing).
>>
>>I need a cheap replacement mobo (most likely single proc) to tide me
>>over until I upgrade next summer to AMD64.
>>
>>I have 2*512MB Crucial PC2100 Registered ECC DDR that I'd like to re-use
>>so I need to find a replacement board that supports ECC Registered RAM.
>>
>>I can't find many old Athlon XP boards that support this type of RAM. I
>>was looking at the Abit KG7 but was wondering if there is anything
>>better than this.
>>
>>Do any of the nforce chipsets support ECC?
>
>
> Better? You're stuck using the AMD chipset because it
> supports ECC.
>
> A dual board isn't so likely to be easy to find or cheap,
> your best bet might be replacing the capacitors (finding
> someone who will if you lack experience in circuit board
> soldering). If that is to be done it is better to do so now
> before the capacitors degrade enough to pose more problems
> than just instability.

Actually quite a few motherboards will accept the ECC memory even though
it may use the ECC feature. If you go to the www.crucial.com and look
up the Abit KG7, you will see that they list a PC2100 ECC 512MB module
that will in fact run in that motherboard.

So, when you find a board you're interested in, go to the Crucial web
site and check there for compatibility!

 

[Dee]

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kony wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:44:18 GMT, Chris
> <news@NOSPICEDHAM4ME.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>My dual athlon MSI K7D Master mobo is dying from burst capacitors (still
>>just about works but does about 20 reboots before POSTing).
>>
>>I need a cheap replacement mobo (most likely single proc) to tide me
>>over until I upgrade next summer to AMD64.
>>
>>I have 2*512MB Crucial PC2100 Registered ECC DDR that I'd like to re-use
>>so I need to find a replacement board that supports ECC Registered RAM.
>>
>>I can't find many old Athlon XP boards that support this type of RAM. I
>>was looking at the Abit KG7 but was wondering if there is anything
>>better than this.
>>
>>Do any of the nforce chipsets support ECC?
>
>
> Better? You're stuck using the AMD chipset because it
> supports ECC.
>
> A dual board isn't so likely to be easy to find or cheap,
> your best bet might be replacing the capacitors (finding
> someone who will if you lack experience in circuit board
> soldering). If that is to be done it is better to do so now
> before the capacitors degrade enough to pose more problems
> than just instability.

Actually quite a few motherboards will accept the ECC memory even though
it may not use the ECC feature. If you go to the www.crucial.com and
look up the Abit KG7, you will see that they list a PC2100 ECC 512MB
module that will in fact run in that motherboard.

So, when you find a board you're interested in, go to the Crucial web
site and check there for compatibility!

 

[Chris]

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Dee wrote:
> kony wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:44:18 GMT, Chris
>> <news@NOSPICEDHAM4ME.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My dual athlon MSI K7D Master mobo is dying from burst capacitors
>>> (still just about works but does about 20 reboots before POSTing).
>>>
>>> I need a cheap replacement mobo (most likely single proc) to tide me
>>> over until I upgrade next summer to AMD64.
>>>
>>> I have 2*512MB Crucial PC2100 Registered ECC DDR that I'd like to
>>> re-use so I need to find a replacement board that supports ECC
>>> Registered RAM.
>>>
>>> I can't find many old Athlon XP boards that support this type of RAM.
>>> I was looking at the Abit KG7 but was wondering if there is anything
>>> better than this.
>>>
>>> Do any of the nforce chipsets support ECC?
>>
>>
>>
>> Better? You're stuck using the AMD chipset because it
>> supports ECC.
>> A dual board isn't so likely to be easy to find or cheap,
>> your best bet might be replacing the capacitors (finding
>> someone who will if you lack experience in circuit board
>> soldering). If that is to be done it is better to do so now
>> before the capacitors degrade enough to pose more problems
>> than just instability.
>
>
> Actually quite a few motherboards will accept the ECC memory even though
> it may not use the ECC feature. If you go to the www.crucial.com and
> look up the Abit KG7, you will see that they list a PC2100 ECC 512MB
> module that will in fact run in that motherboard.
>
> So, when you find a board you're interested in, go to the Crucial web
> site and check there for compatibility!
>

Great idea!

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Guest]

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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:28:29 -0500, Dee <dee@home.net>
wrote:


>> Better? You're stuck using the AMD chipset because it
>> supports ECC.
>>
>> A dual board isn't so likely to be easy to find or cheap,
>> your best bet might be replacing the capacitors (finding
>> someone who will if you lack experience in circuit board
>> soldering). If that is to be done it is better to do so now
>> before the capacitors degrade enough to pose more problems
>> than just instability.
>
>Actually quite a few motherboards will accept the ECC memory even though
>it may use the ECC feature. If you go to the www.crucial.com and look
>up the Abit KG7, you will see that they list a PC2100 ECC 512MB module
>that will in fact run in that motherboard.
>
>So, when you find a board you're interested in, go to the Crucial web
>site and check there for compatibility!

True, but I was assuming OP payed extra because ECC was a
desired function, if not then I'd advise selling the memory.

 

[Dee]

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kony wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:28:29 -0500, Dee <dee@home.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>>>Better? You're stuck using the AMD chipset because it
>>>supports ECC.
>>>
>>>A dual board isn't so likely to be easy to find or cheap,
>>>your best bet might be replacing the capacitors (finding
>>>someone who will if you lack experience in circuit board
>>>soldering). If that is to be done it is better to do so now
>>>before the capacitors degrade enough to pose more problems
>>>than just instability.
>>
>>Actually quite a few motherboards will accept the ECC memory even though
>>it may use the ECC feature. If you go to the www.crucial.com and look
>>up the Abit KG7, you will see that they list a PC2100 ECC 512MB module
>>that will in fact run in that motherboard.
>>
>>So, when you find a board you're interested in, go to the Crucial web
>>site and check there for compatibility!
>
>
> True, but I was assuming OP payed extra because ECC was a
> desired function, if not then I'd advise selling the memory.

Well, if you check the Abit site for info on the KG7 board, you will
discover that it supports ECC. Besides, he already has the RAM and
stated he wanted to use what he had. If I had ECC RAM and my MB died,
and I just wanted something until I got ready to put together an Athlon
64 system next summer, ( as he stated originally ) it wouldn't make any
difference? If I already have the RAM, I am not spending money for
non-ECC just to make you happy!!

 

[Guest]

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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:10:54 -0500, Dee <dee@home.net>
wrote:


>> True, but I was assuming OP payed extra because ECC was a
>> desired function, if not then I'd advise selling the memory.
>
>Well, if you check the Abit site for info on the KG7 board, you will
>discover that it supports ECC.

Well yes, it's the AMD northbridge, as mentioned.

> Besides, he already has the RAM and
>stated he wanted to use what he had.

True, but every now and then people don't realize what
sacrifies they'd be making, or consider that parts have fair
resale value IF sold before becoming ancient.


> If I had ECC RAM and my MB died,
>and I just wanted something until I got ready to put together an Athlon
>64 system next summer, ( as he stated originally ) it wouldn't make any
>difference?

If the data is important enough that origianally the ECC was
budgeted in, what would make us assume it's now less
valuable without being told that? It might not apply to the
OP's situation but in general I would definitely assume
someone having ECC memory wants a board that supports ECC.

>If I already have the RAM, I am not spending money for
>non-ECC just to make you happy!!

Never suggested you should. However, if a new A 64 system
will be built next summer anyway, the OP COULD just buy good
PC3200 memory now, and reuse it in next system build, then
having that memory could sell the ECC memory (if ECC
function is not desired as you've assumed).