I tried replacing the 256MB with a new one and the old one. How exactly do i run memtest? i upgraded to 10.4. It seems to work great in safe boot... it doesn't have a dvd drive so i used firewire and installed using my powerbook.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > On Nov 24, 2008, at 8:39 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: > > > I got a 366MHZ clamshell from someone for $3!!!!!! (I gave him a > > keyboard i > > got for $3). He said it kept freezing up. the second ram chip was > > loose so i > > reseted it and was able to install 10.2 on it without a glitch! > > Well... it > > started freezing up. I put 10.3 on it, i cleaned out the ram slot, > > replaced > > the ram chip. No luck. Sometimes it will run fine with no problems. > > Most of > > the time in safe boot. I have run Rember to test the ram and it came > > out > > fine. It has 64MB built in ram and an extra 256MB chip. Ideas? > > > Run Memtest in single user mode, via Applejack see if the onboard RAM > is bad. Rember can't test some of the memory. Memtest in Single user > mode can. > > Don't have a clue what you would do if that were the case, but it > would diagnose the problem. > > When you said 'replaced' the 256 did you mean put the existing one > back in, or replaced with another 256 SO-DIMM? > > If it runs ok in safe mode, something that's loading in regular mode > is causing the problem. > > See <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455> for ideas of where to look > for problems . Safe mode does different things in different versions > of OS X. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
