Fascinating - I spent an unbearably hot & humid day in a local peecee store trying Dimms galore (the salesman had a soft spot for Macs) until the 768 limit was reached. Now I need to know if my Dimms will pass a Firmware Upgrade test when installing OS X on a New World Mac (the Beige being Old World because of a physical on-board Rom Dimm in any one of three revisions) - any takers? Peter H5322 - where is the Power On Test Code hiding - in the Rom Dimm? Best George
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/29/03 4:11:39 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > ... I'm starting to think that Beige G3s doesn't > like modules made of chips > gratter than 16Mb ... > > Am I right? Does anybody know anything about it? > >> > > Correct. > > The Beige G3 (all versions) will not recognize > one-half of the RAM on a > single-sided SDRAM stick which has only eight chips. > > In these cases, the stick is accepted as one which > has one-half of the total > RAM which is programmed into the EPROM. > > As usual, the Beige G3s require "unbuffered with > EPROM" sticks. And, the > Beige G3 is *supposed to* interrogate the EPROM in > order to determine the > size of each stick. > > But, this interrogation fails for any stick which is > manufactured as a "half > populated" stick with high-density chips. > > The flaw appears to be in the Power On System Test > code of the Beige G3. > ===== "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." Quoted from St Luke, 10:27. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
