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2 Beeps: Parity circuit failure

Explanation:

 The parity circuit is responsible for generating and checking the parity bit on the system memory when parity checking is used. This circuitry is not working properly.

Diagnosis:

 This code usually means a problem with either the system memory or the motherboard.

Recommendation:

Next: 3 Beeps: Base 64K RAM failure

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