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- From: fwbent@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (Fred Bent)
- Subject: Re: PARITY ERROR, SYSTEM HALTED ... ????
- Message-ID: <Bz98ro.A9v@math.uwaterloo.ca>
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Dec14.090951.24678@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:09:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec14.090951.24678@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de> korte@alhena.itp.uni-hannover.de (Gerd Kortemeyer) writes:
- >Hi.
- >
- >We have got a problem with a 80286 PC, 4 MB RAM running DOS 5.0. We use
- >DOS in the HIGH-mode and use only the standard HIMEM-driver.
- >After about 1 minute of 'work' the system suddenly tells us
- >'Parity Error, System halted' or 'Ueberlauf des internen Stapelspeichers'
- >which should be something like 'Internal stack overflow'. This message
-
- [stuff deleted]
-
-
- This is most certainly a memory problem, either the main system memory, or
- the memory on one of the cards in the system. however, the stack overflow
- is probably due to an interrupt handler routine being called to often.
-
- >
- >When resetting the machine afterwards the computer will stop while doing
- >it's memory check at some changing numbers. When switching off and then on
-
- This would indicate a main memory problem....
-
- >
- >I don't have any more ideas, does anyone else have?
-
- Try replacing the memory in your computer, or actually removing and
- re-inserting the memory. You might also want to run a memory checker
- over night to try and find the problem. It seems to be happening
- often enough for you to be able to find it.
-
- >
- >Merry christmas
- >
- >Gerd
- >
-
- ---
- Fred Bent Department of Computer Science
- fwbent@plg.uwaterloo.ca University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
-