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   From: Lars Erdmann    
      
   Doug Bissett wrote:   
   > On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:28:07 UTC, Lars Erdmann   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> It is so cheap, I think it does   
   >> not even have the ECC feature.   
   >   
   > 99% of the memory that exists, in modern hardware, doesn't have the   
   > ECC feature. Memory, today, is reliable enough that it is not needed,   
   > and the only reason to actually use ECC memory is for "mission   
   > critical" applications (life support systems etc.). The really cheap   
   > memory would not have the parity bit, but memory is cheap enough now,   
   > that I doubt if you could find such a thing.   
   Ok, did not know that.   
      
   > On the other hand, I am somewhat surprised that a machine would serve   
   > up a parity error, because the BIOS startup, even without the extended   
   > memory test, is supposed to write a pattern to the memory, before it   
   > boots.   
   >   
   Yes, but if "Quick Power On Self Test" is enabled it will only do that   
   for the DOS relevant memory region of <= 1MB.   
   If you disable, it will do that for the whole memory (supposedly).   
      
      
   Lars   
      
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