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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:13:42 -0600 (MDT)
From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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Subject: Re: Parity trouble with Asus mainboard
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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:

> > It is quite possible that the Gigabyte automatically disables ECC if you
> > don't actually have parity memory installed as an "idiot-proof" type
> > feature.  I honestly don't know for sure, though.
> > 
> Awards standard BIOS does this, Gigabyte uses Awards BIOS with very few
> modifications.

That is what I figured....

Later......						<Doug>