Memory Can i use "server memory" in a desktop?

i'm selling my old motherboard on craigslist and a guy offered me a trade for this kind of memory to put in my new rig.

according to crucial.com, my motherboard takes PC2-6400 RAM, which is what he's offering, but i'm a little nervous because of the mention of it being server memory.

BTW, i've updated my signature to reflect my new desktop, in case you need any info about my model

 

I am almost 99% sure it wouldn't work due to the ECC not been supported by your mobo. But as its a dell I can't tell what your mobo is.

 

I think it'll be fine chap, its standard ECC Unbuffered stuff like all are memory.

 

Shouldn't it be 'None ECC Unbuffered' were as it says:
ECC Yes
Buffered/Registered Unbuffered

I just checked some RAM on scan and it all seems to be None ECC. maybe someone else can confirm this.

 

Desktop RAM is non ECC unbuffered/non registered memory.
Servers use ECC and sometimes registered memory.
ECC RAM does not work on non ECC compatible motherboards

 

It all depends on his motherboard, whether its ECC compatible.

 

Isn't the main difference between server ram and desktop them being registered and non registered.
that ram should work perfect, I havent seen any board that supports ddr2 and no support EEC ram

 

i've always thought ECC RAM would work in a desktop, but you would lose the ECC functionality.

maybe that has caused some confusion in this thread. i'm not asking if the ECC will work, i want to know if the RAM will function at all. i'm not going to throw these in a server so ECC isn't necessary.

i just want my RAM to go from 512Mb to 2Gb.