jacobtohahn
Experienced Member
Hello,
I have an IBM PC AT 5170 that I picked up on eBay in great condition. Recently, however, I have been having issues with a PARITY CHECK error. It occurs when I leave the computer idle for a few minutes (5-10 usually) and then come back. Everything seems fine, but whenever I press any key on the keyboard, the computer immediately brings up a screen that says PARITY CHECK in bold letters in the top left. There’s no error codes or anything else on screen. Whenever I look up the error, I find fixes for things like “PARITY CHRCK 1” or 2, but never for just PARITY CHECK. I have heard that it has to do with RAM .
Here are the specs and cards I have installed:
256/512K board
Rev. 3 BIOS
640KB base memory
1920KB expansion memory (on an AST RAMpage 286 card)
IBM CGA Graphics
Quantum Plus HardCard XL
IBM serial/parallel card
3Com Etherlink III
SoundBlaster 16 CT1770
DEXXA Mouse bus card
IBM disk controller card
I have an IBM PC AT 5170 that I picked up on eBay in great condition. Recently, however, I have been having issues with a PARITY CHECK error. It occurs when I leave the computer idle for a few minutes (5-10 usually) and then come back. Everything seems fine, but whenever I press any key on the keyboard, the computer immediately brings up a screen that says PARITY CHECK in bold letters in the top left. There’s no error codes or anything else on screen. Whenever I look up the error, I find fixes for things like “PARITY CHRCK 1” or 2, but never for just PARITY CHECK. I have heard that it has to do with RAM .
Here are the specs and cards I have installed:
256/512K board
Rev. 3 BIOS
640KB base memory
1920KB expansion memory (on an AST RAMpage 286 card)
IBM CGA Graphics
Quantum Plus HardCard XL
IBM serial/parallel card
3Com Etherlink III
SoundBlaster 16 CT1770
DEXXA Mouse bus card
IBM disk controller card