>          Now to you're board. Most 486 boards either did not use parity or
> gave you
> >the choice whether to use it or not in the bios. There ARE a few
> boards that
> >have parity check enabled, those will require parity memory. In
> either case
> >with memory the standard recommendation is get more of what you've got.
> >However, if you have non-parity memory adding parity memory
> should NOT pose
> >any problems. The only problem is if the board autodetects
> parity memory, if
> >that's the case simply move the parity memory to another slot until the
> >autodetect mechanism is looking at you're non-parity memory.
>
> I've had a peek into the BIOS and found an option called "Memory Parity
> Check".  Is this the option you speak of?  If so, that means I can disable
> it and do alright with a mixture of Parity & Non Parity?

        Yes, that's the option you're looking for. However I should mention that
although some boards include this option they still might not implement a
parity check if you select it. This obviously isn't relevant in you're case
but I wanted to add it in the case another reader is interested. TTYL

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