etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson) (12/21/90)
I have an A2620 with possible RAM problem. What I need is a RAM test program, of course preferably one which pointed out a bad chip. When I mentioned this a long time ago, Dave H said something about having started on such a program once, but never finished it. Has Dave H or anyone else written such a program? If not so, maybe you know of RAM test programs that at least says if the memory is good or bad but is not A2620 specific? It is annoying not to know where the problem is. Thanks in advance, Tommy Petersson
daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) (12/21/90)
In article <1990Dec20.162218.10769@ericsson.se> etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se writes: >I have an A2620 with possible RAM problem. What I need is a RAM test >program, of course preferably one which pointed out a bad chip. When >I mentioned this a long time ago, Dave H said something about having >started on such a program once, but never finished it. Has Dave H or >anyone else written such a program? If not so, maybe you know of RAM >test programs that at least says if the memory is good or bad but is >not A2620 specific? It is annoying not to know where the problem is. The simplest thing would be to try out the memory test in the A2620. Fire up the system with the mouse buttons held down, and while still holding them down, type "M" when the menu appears. That'll put you in the A2620 monitor, used by UNIX type in the past for debugging and all. Now, to run a test on a 4MB system, you type: T 200000 600000 The machine runs patterns through memory and yells if it find an error. This is far from ideal, and it doesn't point at the memory chip that looks bad, only the memory location. >Thanks in advance, >Tommy Petersson -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "I can't drive 55" -Sammy Hagar