how did you know you had bad ram? was there a program or did you just start pulling?
--- Tom Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All the hair-pulling frustrations that I had when I > originally tried to > install X on this G-4 DA 733 turned out to be a bad > memory stick too, > although it had worked just fine in 9 for a year > (although, who knows, > maybe it had been causing trouble that I attributed > to other things). > And with other people reporting the same problems > here from time to > time, I have to wonder about quality control in the > companies that make > these RAM sticks. Why so many bad ones? > > Tom > > On Jul 26, 2005, at 7:09 AM, Marc van Gemert wrote: > > > Maybe some of you remember me saying that OS X > (10.3.8) on my G4 at > > work (G4 933MHz) was so slow? > > Well lately I was getting freezes and kernal > panics (especially in > > Photoshop) so I suspected that I had some bad > memory. I have one stick > > of 256MB and one of 512MB, well after the 256MB > stick was removed all > > freezes and kernal panics were gone, and goes > what, suddenly I noticed > > a real increase in speed!! Opening windows in the > Finder, opening apps, > > and opening docs in apps was noticebly faster :) > Strange, but true. I > > was really shocked 8) > > > > And luckily the speed is still there now after a > new 256MB stick has > > been added. Can't believe this is happening to me > :) Then to think I've > > worked almost a year with that bad stick... Can't > believe that bad > > memory can have such a negative effect on overall > speed... > > > -- > 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/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
