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>From: John Stetson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Compact Macs)
>Subject: SE/30 memory problem
>Date: Fri, Jul 12, 2002, 10:30 AM
>
> Howdy, all. I have 2 SE/30's - one is my beloved
> first computer from my college days, the other is a
> backup machine I bought from a surplus sale. The
> second one has a quirk in the memory that I'm hoping
> someone can shed some light on. It came with four 1
> MB SIMMs in the first bank. I put four known good 1
> MB SIMMs in the second bank (total of 8 MB) and it
> wouldn't boot. Then I put four known good 16 MB SIMMs
> in the first bank (nothing in the second) and it
> wouldn't boot. The motherboard has a date of 1989 on
> it. Are there jumpers or something else I don't know
> about on this board? My other mac is slightly newer
> and I had no problems upgrading that memory. TIA for
> any help you can offer!
> -js
No jumpers. I'd suspect a damaged RAM Socket. Got a magnifying glass?
Look at the teeth in the slots. Any damaged or missing?
Also, you get weird behavior when you mix RAM of different speeds in the
row. You may have to go thru all your 1 meg. RAM, too and see if any are
damaged.
JEff
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