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From: Gary Howland <gary@kampai.euronet.nl>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Needed: utility to test SIMMs
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 18:38:34 +0200
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R. Scranton wrote:
> 
> > I've got a panic message telling me:
> > RAM parity error, likely hardware failure.
> >
> 
> FreeBSD is extremely sensitive to memory timing issues.  I was unable to get
> to run reliably until I replaced some mixed 3-chip 9-chip simms with all
> 9-chip simms.  Runs like a champ now.  OS/2 exhibits similar behavior, as it
> also exercises things harder that DOS/Windows.  Good luck tracking it down.

I heard that many of the latest Intel motherboards don't support
parity checking - this is worrying - anyone know any more about this?

Gary
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