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From: chris@tisdec.tis.tandy.com
Date: 29 Dec 92 09:00 CST
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Subject: Re: [386bsd]  NMI messages on the conso
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I encountered these same messages once when I was upgrading the memory in my
BSD/386 system (Compudyne 386/25 original model).  I turned out that the memory
expansion board did not like the cheap 3 chip 1MEG SIMMs, but worked fine when
I got the 9 chip variety.  I am now running 8 9-chip 70ns 1MEG SIMMs.

The system would work fine until it needed the area where the 3-chip SIMMs were
mapped into.  If I placed the 3-chip SIMMs in the lower memeory area the system
would barf on the way up.

The 9-chip SIMMs are about $5 more, but worth it.
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