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From: rl@cbnewsl.att.com (roger.h.levy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Compaq parity failure
Keywords: compaq memory parity
Message-ID: <1991Feb22.013847.21550@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 22 Feb 91 01:38:47 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I just received a panic call from a journalist friend who described
something like the following message when booting his old Compaq
portable:

	3020 201
	PARITY CHECK 1

Does anyone know whether this sectionalizes the problem to a particular
memory chip?  My friend reports only the letters "A2" when I inquired
about the model number.  I'd like to be able to send this starving
fellow a chip and some instructions so he can avoid professional repair
costs.  Can someone specify the chip and location?

Roger Levy
rl@groucho.att.com