I thought I'd bump it up to 4mb but then I was a little concerned that if the RAM didn't work, I'd have cut the resistor to allow for 4mb and be left with a brick. Let me think on that, and seriously thanks for the offer.
On Jun 28, 3:47 pm, JoelK <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 28, 8:17 am, "Wesley Furr" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If it will handle parity chips, I've probably got some around somewhere (of > > of PC's) that I could spare... I always assumed Mac's had to have > > non-parity... > > > Wesley > > I have all 4MB SIMMs in my IIci and I used to have all 8MB SIMMs in > the IIci > and the SE/30, which gave that one like 128MB or something ridiculous > like that. > > You might go for that rather than just 1MB SIMMs, and maybe also > upgrade to > 7.5.3 like me, now that it's free. You'll find a lot of improvements > over OS 6. > I also got a video card out of an 8100/80 PPC that work fine in the > machine and > found a DayStar 68x030 or 040 upgrade card that fit in the Cache slot, > which left > me with a Cache card... I really need to get on the Swap List... > > Regarding the SIMMs, I've used the same 30-pin units in all kinds of > old Macs > (IIci, IIsi, SE/30, LC II, etc, etc.), as well as some Sun > SparcStation 3's and they > all came from a huge pile of old PCs I had. Parity is preferable to > non-parity in > every machine that supports them, as it adds a level of redundancy and > supposedly > improves performance. The only people who would disagree are maybe > folks trying to sell > you non-parity SIMMs... > > About the random restarts, try opening it up and pulling the PSU. It > could be > a connection issue and after you test the voltages (like the other guy > suggested), > you can clean the connectors and re-seat it, which may solve the issue > too. Another > idea is re-installing the OS, and maybe swapping out the power cable > (this has worked for me). > > Hope this helps. My IIci didn't power up the last time I tried it, so > I may be in a similar > situation and the possible causes are manifold. I also have a huge > bag of 1-4MB > SIMMs, so if you can't find good matched sets of parity memory, let me > know > and I'll throw some your way. > > Best of luck! > > -Joel -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
