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  From: David Drury <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 10:49:25 +0930 (CST)

Re: New Server -> Parity Ram Error

Hi,

> I've just bought, well, actually, a friend of mine has bought and asked me
> to set Linux up on it, an Acer 486/50 server that is fullly kitted out with
> SCSI and everything, however, I'm having memory problems with it. I think it
> needs parity memory, but I'm not sure.

You pore person. I have had much experience with them here at uni, and
have ended up with a very low opinion of them.

> When it boots up, it comes up with:
> 
> RAM Parity Error
> Press ESC to disable NMI or any other key to reboot

Yes they have very particular RAM Its not just Parity RAM, but is special 
otherwise.. Your options (as we've found in the past) are to pay a bundle
for Acer RAM, or find take out one of the corect chips, and write down
every serial number anb bit of info about it, and then go to your
preferred RAM supplier, and pray.

cya

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