Can you put a parity module into a non-parity system?

• Yes, if the "non-parity" system completely ignores the parity chips. In such a case, the extra chips sit idle, never being used.
• Most Apple systems have no capacity to detect memory errors and would completely ignore the parity chips.
• Some PC systems can have parity checking manually disabled and would allow parity and non-parity to co-exist.
• The worst case would be those systems that detect when any parity modules are installed and enable parity checking automatically. If the system enables parity checking on its own, any non-parity modules would then cause parity errors.

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