Blue screen

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HB wrote:

> I have gotten the following bsod message
> "memory parity error'
> "please contact your hardware vendor"
>
> I restarted the computer and all is fine for a few days, then another
> bsod.
> Not running anything unusual.
> Is my memory going bad?
> The machine is older,
> Dell P3 600 MHz
> 756 mg of ram
>

It certainly sounds like a memory error. You can easily test this. I
like Memtest86+ from www.memtest.org. You will either download the
precompiled Windows binary to make a bootable floppy or the .iso to
make a bootable cd. If you want to use the latter, you'll need to have
third-party burning software on the machine where you download the file
- XP's built-in burning capability won't do the job. In either case,
boot with the media you made. The test will run immediately. Let the
test run for an extended period of time - unless errors are seen
immediately. If you get any errors, replace the RAM.

Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

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The cause is typically failed or defective RAM. (including motherboard,
Level 2 cache, or video memory), incompatible or mismatched memory
hardware, or when a device driver attempts to access an address in the
0x8xxxxxxx range that does not exist.
Re:-http://www.theeldergeek.com/stop_error_messages.htm

Windows Memory Diagnostic
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

http://www.memtest.org/

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
HB wrote:

> I have gotten the following bsod message
> "memory parity error'
> "please contact your hardware vendor"
>
> I restarted the computer and all is fine for a few days, then another bsod.
> Not running anything unusual.
> Is my memory going bad?
> The machine is older,
> Dell P3 600 MHz
> 756 mg of ram
>
> Thanks for any info
> Jim
>
>

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"Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message
news:ub%238JcubFHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> HB wrote:
>
>> I have gotten the following bsod message
>> "memory parity error'
>> "please contact your hardware vendor"
>>
>> I restarted the computer and all is fine for a few days, then another
>> bsod.
>> Not running anything unusual.
>> Is my memory going bad?
>> The machine is older,
>> Dell P3 600 MHz
>> 756 mg of ram
>>
>
> It certainly sounds like a memory error. You can easily test this. I
> like Memtest86+ from www.memtest.org. You will either download the
> precompiled Windows binary to make a bootable floppy or the .iso to
> make a bootable cd. If you want to use the latter, you'll need to have
> third-party burning software on the machine where you download the file
> - XP's built-in burning capability won't do the job. In either case,
> boot with the media you made. The test will run immediately. Let the
> test run for an extended period of time - unless errors are seen
> immediately. If you get any errors, replace the RAM.
>
> Malke
> --

Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded and ran memtest for a single pass
which took over two and a half hours to complete. It ran all tests. The test
reported no errors. Should I let it test for more than one pass? Also, I
googled a search for "troubleshooting memory" and "memory parity error" and
got a lot of hits. Could you recommend a method for troubleshooting /other
possible causes?

Thanks, Jim

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Hi,

No, it can't. You need something that can handle the .iso file, and that
means a third-party program, or an add-on like this one:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uDm1gUwbFHA.3844@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Why won't XP's native CD Writing do the job? It can't make a bootable
> CD-ROM?
>
> --
> George Hester
> _______________________________
> "Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message
> news:ub#8JcubFHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> HB wrote:
>>
>> > I have gotten the following bsod message
>> > "memory parity error'
>> > "please contact your hardware vendor"
>> >
>> > I restarted the computer and all is fine for a few days, then another
>> > bsod.
>> > Not running anything unusual.
>> > Is my memory going bad?
>> > The machine is older,
>> > Dell P3 600 MHz
>> > 756 mg of ram
>> >
>>
>> It certainly sounds like a memory error. You can easily test this. I
>> like Memtest86+ from www.memtest.org. You will either download the
>> precompiled Windows binary to make a bootable floppy or the .iso to
>> make a bootable cd. If you want to use the latter, you'll need to have
>> third-party burning software on the machine where you download the file
>> - XP's built-in burning capability won't do the job. In either case,
>> boot with the media you made. The test will run immediately. Let the
>> test run for an extended period of time - unless errors are seen
>> immediately. If you get any errors, replace the RAM.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> "Don't Panic!"
>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

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HB wrote:
> They gave you an MVP award for snide useless answers like this???
>
> "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:e3U4egubFHA.2960@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>>
>>
>>The result of many errors is an ambiguous message, because it isn't always
>>clear what the problem is. This message, on the other hand, is clear and
>>unambiguous; it *says* your memory is going bad.
>>
>>If I were you, I would believe the message.
>>
>>--
>>Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>
>
>


Ah.... Ken's answer was neither snide nor useless.


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Ken Blake wrote:
>
>
>
> Thanks, Bruce. I was going to reply similarly, but I decided to
> let it go, and let him believe what he wanted.
>


No problem, Ken. Besides, I tend to think of "snide" as _my_
territory. ;-}


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