Re: [coreboot] Coreboot ECC support in Asrock IMB-A180-H

[Nico Huber]

Hello Alberto,

On 09/06/2017 09:30 PM, Alberto Bursi wrote:
> I've stumbled upon a Asrock IMB-A180-H board (a eKabini-based
> "industrial" mini-itx motherboard) on ebay and since it is supported by
> Coreboot I was considering about purchasing it.
>
> The APU onboard supports ECC ram (ECC so-dimms are kinda rare but I can
> find them), while of course the Asrock site does not say anything about
> ECC support (how unexpected).

it's rather unlikely that a board supports it when the manufacturer
doesn't mention it. ECC support needs additional traces on the main-
board (as the bus is 72 bits wide instead of 64 bits). So just having
compatible chips doesn't suffice.

Nico