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- From: Ravi Konchigeri <mongoose@leland.stanford.edu>
- Subject: Check for bad SIMMs
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.191133.14935@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- X-Xxdate: Fri, 8 Jan 93 11:15:03 GMT
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 19:11:33 GMT
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- My friend ran into a very big problem recently. He has a IIcx w/ 5 megs
- RAM (4 1 meg SIMMs and 4 256K SIMMs). He tried upgrading to 8 megs by
- replacing the 256Ks with 1 megs. When he rebooted he got a strange error
- jingle. He removed the new SIMMs, replaced the original configuration,
- but it now gives the normal startup chime and then immediately goes into
- a different error jingle. When he tried running with only the 256Ks
- installed the computer booted (but couldn't load System 7 w/ 1 meg RAM,
- of course).
- We think that the new SIMMs are bad or of the wrong type and that one of
- the old SIMMs has fried. Is there any way to check the SIMMs without
- sequentially swapping in good SIMMs to isolate the bad one?
- Also, does anyone know of a reference that details the specific error
- sounds for specific machines? Thanx in advance.
-
-
- "Just like everything else in life, the right lane ends in half a mile."
-
- Ravi Konchigeri.
- mongoose@leland.stanford.edu
-