Re: Parity check error-What is it? HELP PLEASE!

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From: Alan Davison
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 10:35

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In article <fredxCqFLG9.8w8@netcom.com>, fredx@netcom.com (Fred Ecks) writes:

!>This has been happening to quite a few computers over the last week or
!>so.  The partial solar eclipse affected the earth's magnetic field, thus
!>realigning some cells in the cheaper memory chips.
!>
!>If you turn your computer so it faces North, that should fix it.
!>
!> - Fred
!>

  Would that be true North or magnetic North?

  Actually I had this problem until I attached a large electro-magnet to the
side of my computers case thus faking it out as to what direction it was
really facing... try it 8^).

  Alan

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From: a_davison@csc32.enet.dec.com (Alan Davison)
Subject: Re: Parity check error-What is it? HELP PLEASE!
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