Re: emm386 error

["Patrick Hong" <phong@synapse.net>]

> Date:          Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:17:54 -0500 (EST)
> From:          Don Whiteside <dwhite@shadow.net>
> To:            TP750 <tp750@cs.utk.edu>
> Subject:       emm386 error

> 
>   I'm unsure if this is a Thinkpad specific problem or not, but I thought 
> I'd ass the minds here...
> 
>   Every once in a while (perhaps 2 times a month) I have a problem where 
> my Windork 3.1 panics and gives me an EMM386 error screen - System 
> halted, error #6 at 00B8:0B72.
>   Error 6 is an invalid opcode, so I assume it's just a memory overrun, 
> but I'm suprised it's always at the same place. Anyone know what that 
> region is? It's more likely to happen if I've had a program GPF, but it's 
> happened out of the blue before as well.

Don,

I've had this problem before and I found out that it was due to a faulty memory 
card.  I returned it for a new one and poof!... the problem disappeared!

That's my 2 cents worth... patrick
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