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‎05-30-2016 06:38 PM - edited ‎05-30-2016 06:40 PM

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Product: Z400 workstation
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I was told that i could use non EEC ram in my system which comes with EEC. Is that possible and is there any disadvantages?

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‎05-30-2016 06:53 PM - edited ‎05-30-2016 06:56 PM

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400workstation, welcome to the forum.

 

Here is the User Manual for the HP Z Workstation series.  On Page 55 it tells you which memory is compatible with the motherboard.  It appears that only ECC memory is supported.  Here is a good explanation of ECC memory and why it used.

 

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‎05-30-2016 06:51 PM

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According to the memory configuration and optimization guide, only ECC is specified.

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‎05-30-2016 06:53 PM - edited ‎05-30-2016 06:56 PM

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400workstation, welcome to the forum.

 

Here is the User Manual for the HP Z Workstation series.  On Page 55 it tells you which memory is compatible with the motherboard.  It appears that only ECC memory is supported.  Here is a good explanation of ECC memory and why it used.

 

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



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‎06-01-2016 12:08 AM

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Thanks this is also from the link you gace me:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECC_memory#Advantages_and_disadvantages

 

turns out you can use non eec!

 

thanks again, Glenn...

 

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