Wait, how was ECC verified the first time I built the server... Oh right, first to remove the SATA controller to install a video card, boot into Linux, then remove video card and reinstall the SATA controller... :woozy_baa: #libreops

New DIMM has been installed. The real problem is putting it back together. :woozy_baa:

Verifying that ECC is actually enabled after the DIMM change is another headache. Linux has a AMD EDAC driver to read a register inside its memory controller, it's literally the only reliable method to check ECC on AMD's customer desktop systems. But it's running FreeBSD with no video and I can't boot Linux. I guess I'll just hope for the best and perhaps port the Linux EDAC driver to FreeBSD userspace. :woozy_baa: #libreops

Upgrading my file server's RAM. What an absolute nightmare. It's what happens when you built an ITX PC... Locking its memory bandwidth to single-channel DDR4 just to save a few bucks before realizing it's slower than dual-channel DDR3 and buying another DIMM years later and rebuilding the entire server was definitely a bad idea... :woozy_baa: #libreops

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange It's a nice system when it's working, a small chassis that sits comfortably at a corner of my bookshelf that gives me 8 drive slots. But definitely not nice for maintenance...