Re: [LinuxBIOS] RAM controller breakage?

[ron minnich]

On 11/11/06, Uwe Hermann  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm just a bit curious - are there settings/registers in northbridges
> which can seriously brick a mainboard and/or RAM (physically) if abused
> properly?
>
> I'll start testing my 440BX code soon, so I'd like to know what I have
> to expect...

I don't think you can. I have over the years tried a lot of wrong ram
settings, and only ever seen temporary failures. We have in 7 1/2
years never seen anything that looked like damage due to bad ram
programming.

thanks

ron