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   William Murray to All   
   Re: NMI Errors on Reply 8580 - SIMM comp   
   05 Jul 23 06:29:06   
   
   From: willmurray461@gmail.com   
      
   That’s a bummer. I guess maybe 128MB is impossible. I was beginning to think   
   it was because I used 9-chip SIMMs with quad-CAS parity chips, but it seems   
   like you tried 12-chip parity SIMMs and yours still didn’t work. It’s   
   strange; I feel as though    
   stability decreases over time, but if you give the RAM sticks a rest, they go   
   back to being more reliable. Kinda like CPUs when they overheat/get   
   overclocked. I wonder if something like a memory controller could be   
   overheating (IDK if these boards have    
   such a thing)?   
      
   I’m just using the board how I got it for now (486DX2-66, no cache). For   
   storage I have a 2MB Spock with an IBM DPES-31080 HDD.  I’ve tried other   
   CPUs in it though, with no change in reliability (Overdrive ODP DX2, 5x86 AMD   
   & Cyrix). Maybe I should    
   also test 25MHz vs 33MHz bus speeds though. I also bought a Pentium Overdrive   
   and 128kb cache module and they’re on their way, so if you’re curious   
   about comparing benchmarks I can do that too.   
      
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