Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 02:19:12 -0600 (MDT) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: Michael Beckmann <beckmann@nacamar.net> Cc: William Maddox <maddox@p-1.Eng.Sun.COM>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parity trouble with Asus mainboard Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960916021818.22066A-100000@bedroom.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970916100515.01432790@mail.nacamar.de>
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On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Michael Beckmann 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. > > My Gigabyte 586 HX has three settings for parity: enabled, disabled and > auto. I set it to enabled when I tried the parity SIMMs. Later I installed > the normal SIMMs again and immediately got a parity error, so the parity > check seems to work. Hmmm... That shoots THAT theory, then... :) Later...... <Doug>
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