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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!techbook!jwettern
- From: jwettern@techbook.com (Joern Wettern)
- Subject: Re: Memory parity error detected. SYSTEM HALTED.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.234254.6893@techbook.com>
- Keywords: WINDOWS 3.1, CRASH
- Organization: TECHbooks --- Public Access UNIX --- (503) 220-0636
- References: <1992Sep10.133717.21198@funet.fi> <1992Sep10.162106.14993@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 23:42:54 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- In article <1992Sep10.162106.14993@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >In <1992Sep10.133717.21198@funet.fi> ms86817@cs.tut.fi (Matti Suokko (OH5MRM)) writes:
- >
- >> SYSTEM ERROR: Memory parity error detected. System halted.
- >
- >
- >> What will cause the error message above ?
- >> When I upgraded WIN 3.0 to WIN 3.1 it worked fine, but then
- >> I formatted my HD and installed WIN 3.1 again, and
- >> now it crashes 50 times a day.
- >
- >This is generally caused by either bad memory or having memory with
- >different speed ratings (on some motherboards). The reason it worked
-
- That seems to be the case for me. I have 2M of 80 ns SIMMS and 2M of 70 ns
- SIMMs. What I don't understand is WHY this would cause a partity error. My
- system needs 80ns and everything faster should not make any difference.
- Would anyone care to expalin this to me?
- --
- -- Joern Wettern
- jwettern@techbook.COM
-
- Using Unix almost makes you want to own a Macintosh.
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