Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!ctc.com!news.cs.umb.edu!betsys From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.os.ms-windows.setup Subject: Re: Windows crashing after adding Toshiba CD-ROM drive Followup-To: alt.cd-rom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.os.ms-windows.setup Date: 11 Mar 1994 17:55:43 GMT Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: terminus.cs.umb.edu In-reply-to: dactyl@netcom.com's message of Fri, 11 Mar 1994 04:38:43 GMT Xref: cdrom.com alt.cd-rom:1579 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom:1712 comp.os.ms-windows.setup:1743 In article dactyl@netcom.com (David Carter) writes: : > Kevin F. Speichts (KEVIN=F=SPEICHTS%ISSD%DFOSF@SFNET.DFO.CA) wrote: : >> > When I go into MS-Windows 3.1, things are OK until I try to access : >> > anything on the SCSI bus, CD-ROM, or hard disk. Windows crashes with : >> > the following error: : > : >> > System error : >> > Memory parity error deteced. : >> > System halted. : >> > I got that error right before the DMA chip on my motherboard went south. I ended up replacing the motherboard (had to send it away for a month's repair.) Either you've got a bad memory chip, or some other low-level board problem. If you have simms, try switching them around. If you get the one with the bad chip into the first meg bank, you should be able to get this error running DOS. -- System Administrator Internet: betsys@cs.umb.edu MACS Dept, UMass/Boston Phone : 617-287-6448 100 Morrissey Blvd Staccato signals Boston, MA 02125-3393 of constant information....