changing from non-ecc to ecc ram?

Hi, this is an ASUS P4B533 socket 478 mobo. While the manual says it supports nonbuffered ecc RAM, I just bought 2G of ecc ram (I don't know if it's buffered or not) and I get a single long beep code with no screen on BIOS (it's the latest BIOS update from 2/09). There's nothing in the manual on changing from non ecc to ecc, so i assume this is a built-in detection function. I reinstalled the old RAM & checked the BIOS & didn't see anything there on ecc vs non ecc. Does anyone know how to get this ecc RAM to work with this mobo? Thanks.

 

Without going back to my research (buffered or unbuffered, ECC or non-ECC), if you get beeps, it just won't work.

You can check the connections (and clean the connectors with a pure form of alcohol). You can make sure they are in the correct slots, but they should be the same as original (read in the motherboard manual).

It might not only be a matter of "non- ", it might be that the RAM is not compatible with the motherboard (...period!).

Matt

 

Interesting research Pete.

 

according to Asus's website
2 x DIMM, Max. 2 GB, DDR SDRAM ,Non-ECC, Memory
* Overclocking feature support PC3200/PC2700

so no your mobo doesn't support ecc ram a good thing to remeber is if the manual says it doesn't support it then there's a 99.9% chance that it's correct!!...