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Article #160Re: Parity Memory Error (parity chip)
From: Wailin' Through The Nets
Date: Sat, 05 May 1990 04:59
Date: Sat, 05 May 1990 04:59
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In article <90123.181605RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> RFM@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >Check it out with the Zenith ROM-Based test routines. Press a >CTL>ALT>INS; at the prompt write "TEST", then choose memory test >from the menu. Let the test run thru a couple or three times, and note >any error messages. This is the DEFINITIVE diagnostic routine for Zenith >Z159. I've run this before, often overnight, without any problems but it seemed to me that it was only testing the first bank of RAM and not the entire memory. Is this correct? Will TEST check EMS memory once it is installed? My impression that it was only checking the first bank was watching TEST run before and after I added a bank of memory. banshee@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!banshee From: banshee@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Wailin' Through The Nets) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith Subject: Re: Parity Memory Error (parity chip) Message-ID: <3104@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 5 May 90 04:59:47 GMT References: <1990May2.183746.5410@bach.amd.com> <3022@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <90123.181605RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Distribution: usa Organization: UCSC Open Access Lines: 17