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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Memory Problems
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.004830.7559@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Aug25.135518.9718@wubios.wustl.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:48:30 GMT
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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. I
- >investigated and found that the machine contained 5 Meg of 100ns memory and 8
- >Meg of 80ns memory. The machine came with 1 Meg of 100ns RAM on the
- >motherboard, so it's safe to assume that it operates well with 100ns chips. 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. I reported the situation to the folks I work for and there was some
- >skepticism about the diagnosis since all chips were at least as fast as the
- >machine specifications. 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?
-
- Can you give specifics on the crashes? The TRAP number is key -- if
- you are getting TRAP 2's, for example, IBM is right, that there's bad
- RAM (or RAM cache) in the system somewhere.
-
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