Thanks Man-wai, Data, hard disk are fine. Even if this issue wasn't there, all is backed up.
So, I ran the hardware test and *Yay!* I got an error. Confirms Kurt's brilliance! ;-) Off I toddle to Wurst Buy, pick up a new SIMM, and perform surgery on the computer. Well, I have 2 8-gig SIMMs. Which one is bad? So, with a 50-50 chance, I take one out, replace it with the newbie, and turn on the computer. Boots fine, so the new memory is OK. BUT, I still don't know if I replaced the right one. I ran the hardware test again, and, bummer, got the error. No biggie (except it takes a couple of hours to run). Shut 'er down and swap the other original SIMM (original sin?). Boots again, no issue, but just out of curiousity, I run the hardware test again. Same error! OK, so do I spend another $60 to replace the other original SIMM, assuming that both original SIMMs are bad? Or is it going to generate that same error each dang time, even with 2 new ones? After I hit "Send," I'm going to fire up the W7 VM and see if it hits the wall again. I'm also trying to understand the error code (4MEM/62/40000000 0x84e9e998), but so far without success. Ken On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:59 PM, Man-wai Chang <chan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suppose the priority now is to check whether your personal data is > safe.... > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) > <foxh...@information-architecture.com> wrote: > > The combination of the new Mac OS update and the new version of parallels > > seems to have toasted my computer. > > -- > .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY! > / v \ 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 (Linux kernel 2.6.39.3) > /( _ )\ http://sites.google.com/site/changmw > ^ ^ May the Force and farces be with you! > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAFyV=lkyot0zf-10gp+1xx4c98upg9bedxr_r-_zu5qqceu...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
