I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 with Windows XP, SP2. I just got a blue screen with the following error message:
<<Hardware Malfunction
NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error
The system has halted>>
The computer still boots and this error message comes after some time.
What can I do to fix it?
Hello,
You have a bad memory chip. What is happening is it is in the upper memory and you are not using that register till after you have been running a bit.
Dear Rodney,
Can that be fixed, or should I replace the RAM chip(s)?
Thanks,
Ken
Hello,
You have a bad memory chip. What is happening is it is in the upper memory and you are not using that register till after you have been running a bit.
Replace the chips. You probably only need to replace one and It will most likely be in the highest numbered slot (DIMM 4 or 3)
Here is a link:
http://www.pcug.org.au/boesen/memory/memory_test.htm
to much to post uses "windiag" to test memory have used works quite well.
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