On Sep 13, 2008, at 8:02 PM, glenstrek wrote:
> > > > On Sep 13, 11:18 am, insightinmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've got some bad RAM somewhere in one of my Macs ... what is the >> state >> of the art in locating it? >> >> OS X or OS 9? >> >> Rember? other? >> >> Be nice to have an app say Memory Stick in RAM Slot 2 is returning >> inconsistent R/W results ... >> >> something like that ... >> >> or is 50:50 and/or random style removal / replacement, then continue >> to >> run and see if kernal panics or App Crashes continue ... the next >> best >> way? > > > What Mac and OS are you having problems? > > I remember in some of your posts you mentioned a PCI Mac (8500?) > running OS 10.3, IIRC. > > If this is the Mac in question I have sorta been there with 7300 and a > 7500 running 10.3. w/Xpost. Extensive testing RAM using RAMometer > under OS 9 and the great "sandwich method" found two bad 128MB chips. > > If this is the case I can provide more info. ---glen Well ... tongue in cheek ... yes the RAM issue is on a PowerMac 9500 with PL G3/400. I remember the sandwich technique from my Performa (and/Mac Plus?) days. Installing RAM in pairs doesn't mess things up? RAMometer under OS 9.1 sounds good. I'll have a few rounds with that idea ... Bill Connelly Musician and Painter artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio/ myspace.com: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
