Memory Problems

Question

When I boot my dell pc on , past the dell and the windows xp splash screen, this problem appears: (this is what exactly it says)   ***Hardware Malfunction Call your hardware vendor for support NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error ***The system has halted***   I have a Dimension 5150  Can anyone help me? Thx. Message Edited by dk000 on 07-28-200611:36 AM

PETER345 · Answer

It is clearly indicating a problem with the memory. However, I did not think the memory used had parity. Anyway, I would run the Dell diagnostics (boot option or boot from the resource CD) or try swapping in some known good memory.

Peter

mskids · Answer

It has nothing to do with the RAM installed in the pc. THis is a general error that pops under several circumstances. Many dell users have it with 3rd party cards installed by dell. I am having with a Inspirion E1705 just one month out of box. I have narrowed it down to the wireless card Dell installed. The Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card they installed. I have a pain Win XP MC install and all latest Dell updates for BIOS and cards. The update to the bluetooth card reducded the frequency but it still happens at least every 3 days. Most frequent when I am in an iffy wireless network that it is aquiring and losing as signal strengh varies.   So far calls to Dell premuim support have been unsucessful. Sadly I think we need to wait for dell to finally fix a card driver.   Keyword search NMI: Parity Check Error  and you will find lots of reports here.

dk000 · Answer

I called Dell technical support and asked for new memory chips, but, thanks anyways for helping.

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