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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!Steve.Withers
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Mix of 3-chip and 9-chip simms with OS/2
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 21:07:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.210700.18104@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <L7VqVB5w165w@qed.cts.com> <2q0uVB4w165w@ble.UUCP>
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
- Lines: 34
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- In article <2q0uVB4w165w@ble.UUCP> system%ble%boo@pacbell.com (SysOp) writes:
- > BUG WATCH (FROM PC WORLD)
- >
- > IBM OS/2 2.0
- >
- > Systems that use more than one type or more than one brand of memory chip
- > may crash while running applications under OS/2 2.0. Users report receiving
- > the error message 'Trap # error' before their system locks up.
- > To avoid the problem, users should install either 9-chip or 3-chip SIMMS,
- > but not both, and should avoid mixing chips from different manufacturers. An
- > IBM spokesperson also advises that systems with 9-chip SIMMS seem to have
- > fewer problems with OS/2 2.0 than those with 3-chip SIMMS.
- >
- > IBM Corp.
- > 800/772-2227 (customer service)
- >
- > ..in other words, you are SOL ;-(
- > --
- > Please send any replies here: system%ble%boo@pacbell.com
-
- Also.....the 3 chip simms seem to have more trouble with the faster PC's. One
- vendor in town will only sell 9-chip simms with anything from the 486/33 on
- up. He says he has too many memory problems when he sells fast 486 systems
- with the 3-chip simms. As for the 486/66's....he just rolled his eyes. He has
- had heaps of problems with video and others with the 486/50's.....
-
- Steve
-
-
- --
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- **** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! **** | democratic system "real soon now".
-