<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Off the top, I'd say don't touch it! It could be a revival of those fraudulent "phantom parity" stick that were marketed long ago, though I can't imagine Kingston or HP engaging in that fraud.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">There is, however, one way these could be ECC after all. If the 4 chips on one end are the main data chips, and the other 4 chips at the other end are of much lower capacity and carry the parity bits. Unfortunately, on the eBay pic, a sticker is covering all 4 chips at one end, so you can't compare.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Oh, there is one other (not uncommon) possibility - some lower capacity chips on the back of the DIMM to carry the parity bits. Do we have a pic of the back anywhere?<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331<br></span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 December 2015 at 17:52, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" target="_blank">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I'm doing some ECC RAM shopping on ebay (as per prev postings).<br>
<br>
I came across something weird. There's a stick showing up in various<br>
places that claims to be ECC but all pics (and the physical unit, I've<br>
confirmed) have only 8 (or 16) DRAM chips, not 9 or 18.<br>
<br>
Does this make any sense to anybody? Is this possible??<br>
<br>
The stick is Kingston KTH-XW4400E6/2G<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kingston-KTH-XW4400E6-2G-2GB-ECC-DDR2-800-240-pin-SDRAM-HP-Server-Memory-Module/13214501" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kingston-KTH-XW4400E6-2G-2GB-ECC-DDR2-800-240-pin-SDRAM-HP-Server-Memory-Module/13214501</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ebay.ca/itm/221949985186" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.ca/itm/221949985186</a>?<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134842" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134842</a><br>
specifically says in "overview" it has "Error Checking and Correcting<br>
Technology"<br>
<br>
Kingston has discontinued this part and it's hard to even find on the site<br>
anymore, but here's:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/hyperx_us/partsinfo.asp?root=&ktcpartno=KTH-XW4400E6/2G" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/hyperx_us/partsinfo.asp?root=&ktcpartno=KTH-XW4400E6/2G</a><br>
says x72 ECC<br>
The equiv HP #'s they provide all show up on the net as 9 chip, so this<br>
Kingston stick should be ecc.<br>
<br>
??? WTF?<br>
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