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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: waltb on November 20, 2007, 08:37:08 PM

Title: memory parity error message
Post by: waltb on November 20, 2007, 08:37:08 PM

hello ; have win 98 se.    bootup is ok . in windows when i try to open
a floppy drive icon ( usualy an exe type ) OR i try to open a D drive icon ( exe ) i get " memory parity error detected , system halted " .
i changed all the ram a couple of times . i also changed the cpu and bios battery . its an old gateway P5 - 120 machine .  ( 1995 )
its for a friend .       help     WALT

Title: Re: memory parity error message
Post by: patio on November 20, 2007, 09:40:46 PM

If you have already replaced the CMOS battery then those errors more than likely mean you have installed either mismatched RAM or RAM the system won't run on.