From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Wed Oct 06 1999 - 01:19:08 EDT
Himem.sys is an excellent memory test..
that part is pretty obviously bad..
Kingston MIGHT replace it under their lifetime warranty..
"James V. Bohen" wrote:
> I'm trying to install a 16MB "credit card" memory card into a 755CV, which
> has 8MB onboard. The card is a Kingston KTM-750/16. Halfway through
> booting Windows I get a blue screen message: Memory parity error detected;
> system halted.
>
> It was suggested to me to disable parity checking by going into setup,
> clicking memory, then disable parity checking. In that case I get these
> messages:
>
> "himem.sys has detected unreliable xms memory at address 00c20000. xms
> driver not installed.
> to continue starting your computer, press enter"
>
> Next comes:
>
> "himem.sys is missing
> make sure that the file is in your windows directory"
>
> Then:
>
> "Windows has stopped. Press ctrl alt delete to restart your computer."
>
> Then:
>
> "While initializing device VREDIR:
> windows protection error. you need to restart your computer."
>
> Removed Kingston card, rebooted, everything back to normal.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Jim Bohen
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