6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (GurgleKat [Pete Gontier]) (02/21/90)
A few minutes ago I started getting random bombs at random memory locations, so eventually I rebooted and got that wonderful magic music signifying bad RAM on POST. Since MultiFinder loads apps into high memory first, I guessed that it was the high 4M RAM gone bad and pulled it; now the machine works fine. Question: what's the best way to find out which SIMM went bad? Am I stuck with swapping them in and out to see which one kills the machine? Will a dealer do this for me with some magic tool that doesn't require him opening my Mac (and charging me for doing so) ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills
6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (GurgleKat [Pete Gontier]) (02/22/90)
In article <4016@hub.UUCP>, by me, I wrote: > Question: what's the best way to find out which SIMM went bad? Am I stuck > with swapping them in and out to see which one kills the machine? Will a > dealer do this for me with some magic tool that doesn't require him opening > my Mac (and charging me for doing so) ? A certain Apple tech (who shall go nameless since it's possible he wasn't supposed to tell me behind the backs of the oh-so-friendly Apple dealer network) suggested that I reseat each SIMM in its happy little socket before deciding one of them was bad. So I did, and I appear to have 8M RAM again. One theory I have concocted is that the problem is heat-related, and only time will tell, I suppose, if that is the case. The initial failure occurred after days of the machine being on and after nearly a month of burn-in for the chips. So I don't think it's the heat, but then again maybe my fan is plotting against me and turns itself off whenever I leave the room. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pete Gontier | InterNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu, BitNet: 6600pete@ucsbuxa Editor, Macker | Online Macintosh Programming Journal; mail for subscription Hire this kid | Mac, DOS, C, Pascal, asm, excellent communication skills