From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Memory LIB100CT
Well, it now looks like my 32MB memory upgrade from ACDC Memory isn't defective after all. Any Windows Xperts in the house? I wrote Robert Jou and told him thanks for the offer to replace it, and explained what follows:
Today I wanted to pop the memory back in and run the tests again, knowing how mutable systems can be. But before I replaced the memory, and with my original Win98SE HDD installed in the 100CT again, I decided to test the one thing that I can depend on crashing the system. That's the PCMCIA CF card reader/adapter.
I put it in, then popped it out, and then inserting it again, locked the system up. On top of that, after rebooting via scandisk, popping the CF adapter out, and reinserting it locked up the system again! And again the next time. After using the PCMCIA utility in the system tray to stop the card 'manually' before ejecting it, the system recognized it fine the next time I put it in.
So I popped it in and out a half dozen times stopping it with the PCMCIA utility each time, and had no freeze problems. Funny thing is that I could then ignore stopping it manually, and pop the card in and out a dozen times and not have the system freeze.
The system behaved pretty much the same way with the memory upgrade installed for both my HDD with Win98, and the one with Win98SE loaded. This problem of freezing frequently with the CF adapter seems to be a problem somewhere in the dance between the 100CT, Windows, and the CF card. I don't have the problem with my 70CT.
For the time being, I'm going to use a USB CF card reader which doesn't have the problem, and see how the system fares even if using USB consumes a third more transfer time than the PC card reader. After doing a >lot< of testing today, I'm now inclined to think that the problem is not with the memory upgrade.
But I think I'll try to track down some software that may be able to ferret out the problem.
Suggestions anyone?
Matt
PS: We can probably put www.acdcmemory.com in our list of sources for memory upgrades.
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 23:08:48 +0000
From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Memory LIB100CT
John,
I just established that the problems I've been having with my 100CT >crashing was due to a bad 32MB memory module upgrade I got from a >seller on EBay. I pulled it out, and the system no longer freezes at >all.
The seller was Robert Jou, and runs his business online at >www.acdcmemory.com. He seemed to be a very friendly and honest dealer, >so I'm hoping he'll exchange the memory for me without any problems. >This is the 2nd time in a few years I've gone for generic memory and >have had problems._________________________________________________________________
Matt
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