3-chip SIMMs and parity error

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From: Young Chung
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:36

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I recently added 4MB to my system to get 8MB memory.  Those SIMMs I got had 
3 chips instead of normal 9 (1Mb simm) but I thought 1Mb is 1Mb.  I installed
the chip in my machine, boot up, no problem.  I run OS/2 then I get parity
error.  So I installed the chips on my brother's machine and run Windows.
Parity error!

What I'd like to know is that is it the bios or the motherboard?
I'm assuming that the chip is not the problem.

I heard that the old bios do not like the 3chip simms.  Would my problem be
solved if I got a new bios?  If so, how recent should it be?


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