Testing HD Performance & RAM In MDD Under X.4 or X.5
Greetings, I recommend using "applejack" however be sure that when you do the install that you CHECK the box that says install memory test. Cheers Harry -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Testing HD Performance & RAM In MDD Under X.4 or X.5
On 16/07/2012 03:37, "t...@prismnet.com" wrote: > What do folks recommend to use to test RAM for defects in an MDD under > 10.4 or 10.5. I guess I could boot into 9.2 and use the old standby, > RAMometer. I use Memtest on my dual 1.25 MDD with 2 GB of ram and 10.5.8 - although the 2 GB is slightly more than my Memtest can cope with it's easy to test 1 GB at a time - takes about 2 hours for a full test. Pete -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Testing HD Performance & RAM In MDD Under X.4 or X.5
On Jul 15, 2012, at 7:37 PM, t...@prismnet.com wrote: What do folks recommend to use to test RAM for defects in an MDD under 10.4 or 10.5. I guess I could boot into 9.2 and use the old standby, RAMometer. I have here an MDD which has been working mostly trouble-free for years with 1.5 GB of RAM. I have a .5GB stick on hand I pulled from a G4 Mini and I'd like to add it, but I'm concerned that I'll screw up a good thing. No reason for my suspicion, just paranoia. So I want to test the RAM after I add the odd stick. MemTest is free and works best for me. Also, after a hard drive failure, I've finally installed a 6880M in the machine, and configured it to boot off of mirrored volumes in OS9 and 10.4 and 10.5. I'd like to compare the disk performance I'm getting now, mirrored volumes on a 6880M, to what I was getting off of singleton drives on the built-in bus. Drive Genius is my favorite for this and also DiskWarrior can find errors. If I've taken a small performance hit, it's worth it for the redundancy. But I had to jump through enough installation hoops to get this working, that I want to confirm that it's not running at something like 25% of what a drive on the built-in would run at. I haven't noticed any substantial performance hit, so it's probably fine, but numbers are reassuring. I use Carbon Copy Cloner's timer to check drive speeds between various ports. Thanks, Jeff Walther John Carmonne Placentia CA 92870 From iMac Core Duo 2.0 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Testing HD Performance & RAM In MDD Under X.4 or X.5
What do folks recommend to use to test RAM for defects in an MDD under 10.4 or 10.5. I guess I could boot into 9.2 and use the old standby, RAMometer. Also, what do folks recommend to test hard disk performance? I have here an MDD which has been working mostly trouble-free for years with 1.5 GB of RAM. I have a .5GB stick on hand I pulled from a G4 Mini and I'd like to add it, but I'm concerned that I'll screw up a good thing. No reason for my suspicion, just paranoia. So I want to test the RAM after I add the odd stick. Also, after a hard drive failure, I've finally installed a 6880M in the machine, and configured it to boot off of mirrored volumes in OS9 and 10.4 and 10.5. I'd like to compare the disk performance I'm getting now, mirrored volumes on a 6880M, to what I was getting off of singleton drives on the built-in bus. If I've taken a small performance hit, it's worth it for the redundancy. But I had to jump through enough installation hoops to get this working, that I want to confirm that it's not running at something like 25% of what a drive on the built-in would run at. I haven't noticed any substantial performance hit, so it's probably fine, but numbers are reassuring. Thanks, Jeff Walther -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
