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| Thread ID: 67029 | 2006-03-14 22:00:00 | Blue Screen crash: Memory Parity Error | hockeywarrior (9987) | Press F1 |
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| 438168 | 2006-03-14 22:00:00 | When ever i am playing games or just serving the web, my computer often crashes with this blue screen "memory parity error". What does this mean? What causes this problem? Much thanks for anyone who can help me! | hockeywarrior (9987) | ||
| 438169 | 2006-03-14 23:22:00 | Could be a Ram issue. Do a search for Doc mem on Google put it onto a floppy and boot off it and run a test. |
turtle63 (9378) | ||
| 438170 | 2006-03-15 03:07:00 | maybe there is a conflict between my sticks of RAM? I have 1 gig of ram and i bought each stick at a different time. If so, how would i check for their capatibility? | hockeywarrior (9987) | ||
| 438171 | 2006-03-15 03:21:00 | Did you check that they are the same speed and type as each other. They should have little stickers on the sides of them. Have you tried running the computer with just 1 in at a time? Does your board handle that or does it require that there has to be 2 sticks in at once? |
turtle63 (9378) | ||
| 438172 | 2006-03-16 08:40:00 | Try to use 1 RAM at a time, if the problem persists on either RAM, then that RAM is defective. The register chips might be damaged. | elixir (9986) | ||
| 438173 | 2006-03-16 22:02:00 | Might want to try freebie memtest86 http://www.memtest86.com/ |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 438174 | 2006-03-19 18:51:00 | Hi from a Greek living in the Netherlands Bellow is a description from the A+ Certification Hope you find what you're looking for.. "Understanding parity Parity has been around for a long time, or at least as long as the PC. DRAM that implements parity checking has one additional bit for every 8 bits of data. This extra bit allows the system to verify the data format using two parity protocols — odd parity and even parity — that work similarly. In a nutshell, if the system is using even parity, the extra bit is used as necessary to make the total number of positive (1) bits an even number. In an odd parity world, the extra bit is used to create odd-number totals. Parity is achieved when the total number of 1 bits in a byte adds up to either an even or odd number, depending on the parity technique that’s in use. When a character fails to have the appropriate number of bits, a parity error occurs. A parity error can be the first signal of a host of problems, ranging from one-time anomalies to faulty memory. Faulty memory can be the cause of repeated memory parity errors. The limitation of the parity method for data integrity checking is that it can only detect an error. It has no mechanism to fix the error. It doesn’t know which of the bits are wrong and which are correct. When the parity method detects a parity error, it knows only that the count is wrong." |
georgeks (9122) | ||
| 438175 | 2006-03-19 22:38:00 | Possible reasons for the parity error here (www.computerhope.com) Try their solutions and get back to us |
Myth (110) | ||
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