Re: Detecting Bad Memory Chips of the PC

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From: Daniel Kuan Li Oi
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1993 09:37

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maullman@corpsb.remnet.rockwell.com writes:
>I mentioned in an earlier note that Windows 3.1 is an excellent tester
>of memory.  That is, if you have Windows installed on your system.  This
>method is much more effective than CHECKIT or QAFE.

>If you delete the permanent swapfile (386 Enhanced Mode),
>and then run as many applications as memory will permit, you will eventually
>cause the bad memory module to be exposed.

>Regards,

>Mike Ullman
>Rockwell International

	I have a problem with Falcon3 which just crashes ever so often
and screws the whole program with a parity error at segment E000.
Windows 3.1 run absolutely beautifully, no problems at all (this is with
no swapfile). I have swapped the 4meg chips around the sockets but
Falcon3 still screws up intermittantly but every other programme runs
OK. I have no idea what is wrong.

					Daniel Oi
					University of Western Australia

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