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Re: Q - Parity Error, System Halted

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From: James Navas
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:00

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First, you're wrong about the color of the contacts indicating parity
vs. non-parity. The color (silver or gold) depends completely on the
manufacturer and how they plated the DRAM module.
Second, non-parity are known as ...x32, parity modules as ...x36. 
Third, there are even faster DRAM chips (modules) than you quoted, i.e.
50ns.
Fourth, with modern mobos and BIOS, parity is becoming a thing of the
past. Error checking is done in other ways (too long to go into here),
and reliably so. Thus parity checking, especially with non-parity
modules can lead to false errors.
	Hope this helps.

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From: James Navas <JNavas1@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Q - Parity Error, System Halted
Date: 1996/11/22
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