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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Subject: Re: What does this error message mean?
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.211333.8277@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
References: <1991Jun15.194115.8494@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <1991Jun16.232216.19163@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <1991Jun17.130544.6203@ms.uky.edu>
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 21:13:33 GMT

In article tindle@ms.uky.edu (Ken Tindle) writes:
>In article ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) writes:
>>POST error: 4090 201  -or-  40D0 201  mean?  IBM PC (not XT).

>Memory parity failure, device "2" error "01", main memory is device 2.  The
>other numbers are hex addresses yielding the failure. 

   The hex address and bit identifaction where applicable (either in other
software or post...) are very often wrong.  Start slightly below that 
address and 1 bit at a time.
al



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