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From: arg@first.gmd.de (Arnulf Guenther)
Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Problem solved! (was  Re: HELP: Boot-selftest loop... )
Message-ID: <ARG.94Mar26140341@euler.first.gmd.de>
Date: 26 Mar 94 13:03:41 GMT
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In-reply-to: arg@first.gmd.de's message of 24 Mar 94 17:02:06 GMT

Thanx for your replies and helpful comments!
The 4MB SIMMS were the source of the failure.  I thought---because
my machine worked in spite of the failed memory test---that my
BIOS (Award 1990) or my Cache (20ns) was the culprit.

I tested the SIMMS in two other machines (both 486) and they crashed
or reported a memory fault.  'gave them back today and received new
ones in return.  Now all is fine.  Again, Thanx for your advice.

-Arnulf
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