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Getting NMI Parity Check error on shutdown

Hello, I'm using Win XP Pro OS on Compaq Deskpro PIII with about 256 meg ram. When I do shutdown through WinXP, it looks like it is shutting down okay and then at the very end I get the following message:

*** Hardware Malfunction

Call your hardware vendor for support

NMI Parity check / memory parity error

*** The system has halted and will have to restart.

What is this related to? I'm not exactly sure. The computer then get's hung and I have to basically unplug it to turn it all the way off. It then boots up fine so it only happens on shutdown.

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jhance

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jasonbeaird

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Also, I saw an error recently when uninstalling a music creation software program that was related to my soundcard and said the driver was not correct. Could it have something to do with that?

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joey_the_ass

Well the driver problem is easy to rule out. Simply do a system restore to a point before you uninstalled the program and if the problem goes away that's it. It the proble persists, I would agree that it's a RAM problem.

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jasonbeaird

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Sorry for the delay in my response. I wanted to let the tech guy in my office look at this although he wasn't very helpful. I did try removing each of the RAM cards, one at a time and rebooting. The message still shows up on both of them. I put them back. I looked at the Device Manager and it looks like all my hardware is functioning normally. Any other ideas on how to stop this error from coming up every time I shut down?

jasonbeaird

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problem was never solved because I haven't had time to do these things as I've been moving but thanks for all the tips