ECC correctable error causing slowdown?

[jhox29]

My search for my system slowdown goes on...I've reformatted and still get this lag that has started me looking in the direction of possible defective RAM. Ran memtest86 which said I had 2 ECC correctable errors. What does this mean?

Sorry, didn't know how to describe my mobo when starting on this forum, but if I had to guess, I'd say Bus clock 133mhz, BIOS: Phoenix 6.00 PG 4/21/05 (I get the specs for my machine from my Belarc Advisor where they call it Main Circuit Board).

Thanks.

 

[Tedster]

memtest is pretty accurate. if you got errors, the chance of you having bad ram is high.

 

[jhox29]

Ecc correctable?

Gotcha Tedster, but the word "correctable" begs the question. How can they be corrected? Does it require new RAM?