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Parity Error problems

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From: BAILEY CHRISTOPHER R
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 04:56
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Help!  I am periodically getting errors on my IBM XT clone that say:

	PARITY ERROR ON MAIN BOARD
 	(press any key to continue)

The only problem is that I don't know where this is coming from, or
actually, which board it is referencing, whether it's my motherboard
or my EMS memory board.  I have parity checking turned on on my
EMS mem card, so would it be that?  If I turn it off, what will happen
when I get an error?  This is a very nasty problem, this morning I
lost a paper I was writing in word perfect because I hadn't saved it
yet, and the backups weren't turned on (you bet they are now!).  
When I use the util that came with my memory card (PMI Fastcard III),
it says all my chips are ok.  This is obviously intermittent, but is
there some utility out there that will test my chips for like 6 hours
or something until it finds an error?  Or is there a TSR that will
grab the address when it happens??  What kind of memory utilities should
I look for?  Thanks in advance!
Chris Bailey :: baileyc@tramp.Colorado.EDU
One Agro Mountain Biker - Dialed in for ultra gonzo badness!
"No his mind is not for rent, to any god or government" - RUSH
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From: baileyc@boulder.Colorado.EDU (BAILEY CHRISTOPHER R)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Parity Error problems
Keywords: EMS memory, Motherboard, RAM
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Date: 9 Feb 90 04:56:22 GMT
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