On Thu, Sep 2, 2004 at 2:06 am -0400, Timothy Luoma wrote: >Here's the unimpressive part. The Powerbook came back with a note >saying "We diagnosed the problem as 3rd party hardware [a 512mb RAM >chip from Crucial.com which I've had since early June]. Your iBook >passed all tests after removing this 3rd party hardware." > [snip] > >I think placing the blame on the RAM chip sounds like a bunch of hooey >to me. The RAM has been in there for months and I've never had a >problem with Crucial RAM before. I'll leave it out for a couple days >and see if I have any problems when I put it back in, but first I want >to fill the drive back up again first and see if we get errors again.
I had a similar experience with Applecare (in the UK). The Powerbook was returned with my 512mb chip taped to the outside, labelled 'suspect 3rd- party memory'. Apple eventually offered the explanation that after replacing the logic board, the pb was crashing at startup with the RAM in place. I sent it back to them, with a note inside explaining politely that the module had been in place for 2.5 years, through several system upgrades and a firmware upgrade, and that although I realised that RAM can go bad at any time, I thought it very unlikely that the RAM was the problem. The machine came back with the RAM reinstalled, working perfectly. TimH -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
