recommendations for a 64-bit laptop with ECC memory?

[Kam Leo]

On 6/24/07, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
> At 12:47 AM -0700 6/24/07, Konstantin Svist wrote:
> >I think you're missing the point here.
> >ECC ram will not guard against failures, it will simply reduce the
> >probability of a failure. In other words, it just prolongs the inevitable.
>  ...
>
> No.  ECC RAM does guard against RAM failures; that is exactly what it is
> for and what it does.  Without ECC failures are undetected and produce bad
> data.  ECC turns those into detected failures with good data.  ECC prevents
> almost all RAM data errors, and allows detection of faulty RAM, allowing it
> to be replaced before total or unrecoverable failures, while preventing
> transient soft errors from accumulating as bad data.
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Laptop computers use SODIMM memory modules. Most laptops have two
sockets for memory. Do a search and see if you can find any 2 GB with
ECC DDR2 SODIMM modules.  If your laptop is custom ordered you might
get ECC memory pre-installed.otherwise you will have to do it
yourself.