re: Parity error (was: boot failure)
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kiwi
(2207 messages posted)
Prior to the 168-pin SDRAM DIMM, there were 30-pin and 72-pin SIMMs, of which one
or the other, maybe both, required pairs if SIMMs. It's long enough ago now that
the recollections blur into each other, but Google would find it for us, I'm sure.
You are correct about the 168-pin stuff, though.
.
Kiwi
**
On Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:31 pm, Arminius wrote:
>Hmm....
>
>Jack, I see the opportunity to knitpick here if you don't mind indulging me.
>
>If your computer originally shipped with 98SE then it could only be 10 years old,
>not 11. Win98SE wasn't released until the second half of 1999.
>
>60,000 hours translates into about 6.8 years of continual up time. Not bad.
>The documentation that came with my mobo claims I should expect 100,000 hours of
>use. I expect your mobo still has some life left in it as well.
>
>Actually, it is one of the sticks of RAM you installed 3 years ago that failed,
not
>your computer. You should be able to replace it at a trivial cost. I would go for
>a matched pair.
>
|
All messages in this thread [show all]
 | |  | |  | re: Parity error (was: boot failure) (Kiwi: Thu, Oct 15, 2009, 9:58 pm) |
| |
| |
Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum
|
|
