Hi Folks,
=09I have one of these ASUS dual athlon boards. The latest bios supports =
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consoles though I haven't done it. I came across trouble with the memory=20
bays. There are requirements on what types of DDR are in the slots. It is=
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documented on the ASUS motherboard page.

Take care,
=09Murray

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:38 am, you wrote:
> [ On Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 02:06:59 (+0200), der Mouse wrote: =
]
>
> > Subject: Re: Offtopic, Mainboard recommandation
> >
> > >> I cannot remember the Asus board, but IIRC the Tyan Tiger has a bi=
os
> > >> option to view Ecc Error Messages.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately that's pretty much useless.
> >
> > Why?  After all, it's not as if Windows does anything with ecc errors=
,
> > right?
> >
> > > If I can't see the errors as they happen then by the time I get to
> > > see them in some BIOS diagnostics screen it's far too late as serio=
us
> > > damage has probably already happened.
> >
> > Not if the message was "soft ecc error corrected, SIMM slot nnn", in
> > which case it serves as an early-warning system for memory going bad.
> >
> > Of course, who actually brings the machine down to check such things
> > even semi-regularly?
>
> That's my point.  :-0
>
> Once I get to see the BIOS message the damage will have been done and
> all I'm seeing is confirmation of what really might have happened (and
> confirmation w.r.t. what might need repairing).

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Murray Armfield
Director
AR Consulting (VIC) Pty Ltd
Mobile: 0410 531 553
Fax: +613 9416 0313

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