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- From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: Memory parity error d
- Message-ID: <2787.1100.uupcb@satalink.com>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 12:59:00 GMT
- Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
- Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
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- JW.> SYSTEM ERROR: Memory parity error detected. System halted.
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- .I had the same problem. Apparently, Win 3.1 is much more sensitive to
- .certain hardware problems than previous versions.
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- The reason that Windows 3.1 is more sensitive to parity errors is that
- Windows 3.0 had them disabled most of the time! Actually, many of the
- hangs that people cursed Windows 3.0 for were probably hardware failures.
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- . KingQWK 1.05 # 97 . That .HLP file is no HELP!
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