re how to search for bad memory chips rnichols cbnewsg cb att com robert k nichols writes steps deleted it s an interesting idea but the worst case data patterns developed to test magnetic media are totally different than the patterns used to detect common faults in memory chips i was having major memory problems a few monthes ago getting parity error system halted error message in windows i ran qa plus check it diagnose as well as several shareware memory checkers i had a total of meg simm in my system these store bought shareware memory diagnostics either ran fine without errors or found an error at some address that i couldn t place on a memory chip out of exahperation i came up with the now deleted steps to find bad memory chips i found moral never buy memory stamped not for sensitive or critical applications on the back anyway i did filter out all the bad memory chips using combinations of of the meg chips and creating a ram drive to test on although it dodn t alleviate my parity error problems in windows i did manage to find bad memory chips in this manner it has never failed to find a bad chip for me and the commercial shareware have always faild me either not finding the error or pointing to an addreww which i have no idea on what chip it is p s man my typing stinks today and i don t feel like futzing around with this line editor david china cat bbs c cat david sed csc com n uunet mimsy anagld c cat david
