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- From: solomon@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Robert F. Solomon)
- Subject: Re: Memory Problems
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- Date: 25 Aug 1992 14:37 EST
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- In article <1992Aug25.135518.9718@wubios.wustl.edu>, sean@wubios.wustl.edu (Sean Dyer) writes...
- >I've been having trouble with OS/2 crashing on my Compaq Deskpro 386-20,
- >spitting out its register contents and telling me to contact IBM. I did
- >contact them and they suggested that the problem was bad RAM, specifically
- >they suspected that my machine contained 2 different memory chip speeds.
-
- [Stuff deleted}
- I
- >called IBM back and told them what the situation was and they confirmed that
- >mixing chips, even mixing faster than spec chips, would cause problems for
- >OS/2.
-
- [More stuff deleted}
-
- My question is: Has anyone had a similar experience
- >or is there anyone who knows more than I do about DRAM circuits that could
- >give a plausible explanation either way?
- >
- >Thanks in advance.
- >
- >-Sean Dyer
- >-Division of Biostatistics
- >-Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
- >
- When I tried to install OS/2 on my 386/33 I got the infamous
- TRAP000 problem. IBM said it was a hardware problem and probably was a
- result of mismatched memory speeds.
-
- My first 4 Meg was 70 nanosecond and the second 4 Meg was 80
- nanosecond. I was able to swap the 80 nanosecond simms for 70's. OS/2
- installed okay and ran okay (I think). i still have problems with the video
- driver, but this is unrelated.
-
- RAM speed seems to be critical.
-
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