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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7279 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:51:03 EST From: chris@tisdec.tis.tandy.com Date: 19 Jan 93 11:28 CST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386BSD] error: NMI port 61 b0, por Message-ID: <27600006@tisdec.tis.tandy.com> Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.uta.edu!utacfd.uta.edu!trsvax!trsvax!tisdec.tis.tandy.com!chris Nf-ID: #R:scorpion.ac.cowan.edu.au:727348356:tisdec.tis.tandy.com:27600006:000:1708 Nf-From: tisdec.tis.tandy.com!chris Jan 19 11:28:00 1993 References: <727348356@scorpion.ac.cowan.edu.au> Lines: 38 /* Written 3:12 am Jan 18, 1993 by usenet@uniwa.UUCP in tisdec.tis.tandy.com:comp.unix.bsd */ /* ---------- "[386BSD] error: NMI port 61 b0, por" ---------- */ Any ideas on this error? I'm working away and from time to time I get the following sort of thing on my screen: NMI port 61 b0, port 70 ff Everything seems to work OK. I'm just worried that there might be some damage taking place that I don't know about. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeremy Laidman, Analyst Programmer School of I.T. and Mathematics Phone: (61 9) 370 6648 Edith Cowan University Fax: (61 9) 370 2910 Perth, Western Australia j.laidman@cowan.edu.au /* End of text from tisdec.tis.tandy.com:comp.unix.bsd */ This is normally related to MEMORY parity errors. I received them back when I upgraded my system with the 3-chip 1Meg sims, but when I used the 9-chip 1Meg sims I did not. As to whether it is causing damage???, that depends on what is loaded into the memory area being affected, and whether it is between CACHE & memory (if you have cache), or just happening when reading or writting to the memory area. My system would eventually crash (386/BSD v0.3.3). ---Disclaimer--- This is personal experience, and opinion. My employer is not involved, except as a posting point. ========================================================================== Chris Riney Domain: chris@tisdec.tis.tandy.com Tandy Information Services UUCP: ...!trsvax!tisdec!chris Tandy Technology Sqr, Suite 200 Fort Worth, TX 76102 Phone: 817/878-0308; 8:00am-5:00pm CST,Mo-Fr /* Long live BSDi */