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message at boot up
Name: Angel Rodriguez Date: September 8, 2003 at 09:55:08 Pacific OS: windows98 CPU/Ram: 200 amd k6/64mram
Comment:
while booting up i receive this message:RAM PARITY ERROR.OFFENDING SEGMENT.0000.PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI.HOW DO I FIX THIS?..WHATS NMI?
Name: eric Date: September 8, 2003 at 10:16:12 Pacific
Reply:
NMI is `Non Maskable Interrupt'.
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Response Number 3
Name: JackG Date: September 8, 2003 at 11:44:52 Pacific
Reply:
You may have "Parity Checking" enable in the hardware through BIOS Setup, when in fact you have non-parity memory. Non-parity 64 bit memory DIMM normally have 8/16 chips per DIMM. While parity 68bit memory DIMM have 9/18 chips per DIMM.
You can not mix parity and nonparity memory and still enable parity checking.
Then again, some systems use parity checking and it is just telling you the first memory DIMM is bad.
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