First of all, I know what ECC is and does, but I'd like some explanations on ECC settings. I have the following settings in my BIOS:
EC (Error Checking)
ECC (Error Checking & Correcting)
ECC SCRUB
The difference between the first and latter two is obvious, but the difference between the second and last are not so obvious to me. They both check, they both report, they both correct. So what does scrub do extra that regular ECC does not?
Further more, I have something called SERR, which seems to be related to ECC as its in the same submenu of my BIOS. It can be set to "None", "Single bit", "Multiple bits" and "Both". What's this for and what exactly does it do?
Manuals are not exactly much help on these issues and websearches don't reveal much more than explain what error correction is and which errors can occur.
Tia,
-AB-
EC (Error Checking)
ECC (Error Checking & Correcting)
ECC SCRUB
The difference between the first and latter two is obvious, but the difference between the second and last are not so obvious to me. They both check, they both report, they both correct. So what does scrub do extra that regular ECC does not?
Further more, I have something called SERR, which seems to be related to ECC as its in the same submenu of my BIOS. It can be set to "None", "Single bit", "Multiple bits" and "Both". What's this for and what exactly does it do?
Manuals are not exactly much help on these issues and websearches don't reveal much more than explain what error correction is and which errors can occur.
Tia,
-AB-