<div dir="ltr">>I was left slightly confused: DDR5 RAM has built-in ECC, but there's no<br>>ECC between RAM and CPU. So, a motherboard with ECC support for that<br>>pathway is required too?<br><br>DDR5's on-die ECC is not a replacement for traditional system-level ECC, but rather a separate feature.<br>On-die ECC (ODECC) is built into DDR5 memory chips but is internal to the DRAM module itself, correcting single-bit errors within the memory cells to improve manufacturing yields and chip reliability. It does not provide protection for data as it travels between the memory module and the CPU.<div>For that, you need system-level ECC (i.e., all components - CPU, the motherboard, and RAM modules - must explicitly support ECC functionality).</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 at 17:37, Ron <<a href="mailto:ron@bclug.ca">ron@bclug.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">CrankyOldBugger wrote on 2025-12-01 10:51:<br>
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> Besides the humour there were a number of good tips.<br>
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And some interesting personal backstories alluded to.<br>
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Both of their family names are what they were given at birth, yet are <br>
both made-up names in that there's no family history behind them going <br>
back beyond their grandparents.<br>
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Probably some interesting stories there.<br>
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In Torvalds' case, he said there's probably only about 20-something <br>
Torvalds in the world. Some, presumably, his kids.<br>
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