may@ug.cs.dal.ca (Bear) (12/20/90)
I am interested in finding out some information on memory boards for the amiga 500. I have recently just receive my SECOND supra500 2MB board from creative computing. The first one I installed in the scsi interface (also made by supra) I receive a number of BIT BAD errors with hex addresses. I sent this board back to creative computing and they in turn send me a NEW board that was suppose to be error free. Again I ran the supraRamTest program that comes with the 2MB board and again I obtained errors, about 1/6 of the board was bad the rest checked out fine. I have booted my amiga500 and it recognizes all the memory as being avaiable, 2MB board and 512K 501. Sometimes when booting I get Guru errors, sometimes everything works find sometimes I spend 10 min screaming....... My system config: Amiga 500 Supra Scsi Interface (with the new 2MB board installed) ST 277N HD (Seagate) and other wonderful things. My Questions: 1. Is this normal for memory to have corrupted areas? 2. Do I have to have a Supra HD to run the supra memory.... ( I ran a +5v power to the board from the Harddrive just like the manual stated.) 3. Will I suffer from ALOT of ill effects for having corrupted memory bits. Please reply if you have expirenece with this sort of work AND could others with supra 2MB boards tell me their expiriences with this product. ** __ *********************************************************************** / ) |IN%"may@ug.cs.dal.ca"| /--< _ __. __ |---------------------| /___/_</_(_/|_/ (_ |IN%"01BEAR@ac.dal.ca"| *****************************************************************************