Re: Parity vs non-parity

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <1db.194.3390@psl-online.com>,
Jeff Brielmaier <jeff.brielmaier@psl-online.com> wrote:
>Because the IBM PC uses the additional chip for a parity check against the 8
>data bits.  (Some PC motherboards can support non-parity memory, but most
>require parity memory.)

   Actually, most consumer Pentium motherboards (especially those
using the original Triton chipset) don't use parity memory. Parity is
useful for high-end servers and the like where you'd rather have ths
system complain and possibly reboot than have bad data being passed
around. What's even nicer are those ECC (error correcting, not a GS
group) memory blocks that'll fix small memory errors for you.

Nathan Mates
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