Question IPM87-MP Dell EEC un-buffered RAM ?

[RandomNameIGuess]

I'm using an HP Envy PC with a IPM87-MP motherboard with the H87 chipset

I'm in the process of transforming it into a NAS and wanted ECC memory for stability

I had 16gb of un-buffered ram laying around and as a hail Mary, I slotted in and it worked! I was able to boot into TrueNAS and everything seem to be working fine

that being said I could not find any information as to if the motherboard actually supports ECC ram, I keep getting conflicting info and that leaves me wondering

am I actually getting the benefits of ECC or is the motherboard just treating it as just RAM? I've heard it be said that un-buffered RAM uses a 9th bit to find errors so is the motherboard maybe just ignoring it and just not using it?

does anyone know if the motherboard DOES actually support un-buffered ECC RAM? or am I going to experience bountiful errors later on when I actually try to utilize it later on?

 

[tcsenter]

It will be CPU dependent, if it supports ECC since the IMC is in the processor. e.g. if it is a "Core" model, most do not support ECC. The Xeon models almost all do. The BIOS will also need support for it.