diff --git a/hwmonDaemon.py b/hwmonDaemon.py
index 68caf6d..d9e96a7 100644
--- a/hwmonDaemon.py
+++ b/hwmonDaemon.py
@@ -445,15 +445,29 @@ class SystemHealthMonitor:
         }
         
         try:
-            # More robust ECC detection - check both directory existence and content
-            edac_path = '/sys/devices/system/edac/mc'
-            if os.path.exists(edac_path) and os.listdir(edac_path):
-                # Verify actual ECC controller presence
+            # First check using dmidecode
+            result = subprocess.run(
+                ['dmidecode', '--type', 'memory'],
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                text=True
+            )
+            if 'Error Correction Type: Multi-bit ECC' in result.stdout:
+                memory_health['has_ecc'] = True
+                
+            # If dmidecode didn't find ECC, try the edac method as backup
+            if not memory_health['has_ecc']:
+                edac_path = '/sys/devices/system/edac/mc'
+                if os.path.exists(edac_path) and os.listdir(edac_path):
+                    for mc_dir in glob.glob('/sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc[0-9]*'):
+                        if os.path.exists(f"{mc_dir}/csrow0"):
+                            memory_health['has_ecc'] = True
+                            break
+            
+            # If ECC is present, check for errors
+            if memory_health['has_ecc']:
                 for mc_dir in glob.glob('/sys/devices/system/edac/mc/mc[0-9]*'):
                     if os.path.exists(f"{mc_dir}/csrow0"):
-                        memory_health['has_ecc'] = True
-                        
-                        # Check uncorrectable errors
                         ue_count = self._read_ecc_count(f"{mc_dir}/csrow0/ue_count")
                         if ue_count > 0:
                             memory_health['status'] = 'CRITICAL'
@@ -461,7 +475,6 @@ class SystemHealthMonitor:
                                 f"Uncorrectable ECC errors detected in {os.path.basename(mc_dir)}: {ue_count}"
                             )
                         
-                        # Check correctable errors
                         ce_count = self._read_ecc_count(f"{mc_dir}/csrow0/ce_count")
                         if ce_count > 0:
                             if memory_health['status'] != 'CRITICAL':