Dear Mac lovers,
I am struggling to upgrade the RAM in my Plus from 1 to 4 MB. I am not good at or familiar with working with hardware, so I tried very hard to follow instructions. I took out the old 256K SIMMS, put the 4 "new" 1 MB ones in, tried to make sure they were snapped in all the way. I snipped one end of the R8 resistor and bent it out of the way. I reconnected the 2 cables I had disconnected in order to get the motherboard out - power and floppy cables, I believe - again being as careful as I could to make sure they were reconnected properly. I wore a grounding strap throughout the process and handled things as gingerly as I could.
Upon booting up, my Plus' screen is now covered with little vertical lines of varying lengths, gently wavering. Before I opened up the Plus and changed the RAM, it had been fine.
Any guesses as to what I might have done wrong, or whether there's a possibility the SIMMS I put in are bad?
Any suggestions much appreciated,
Jessi
Sounds as if the RAM is not well liked by the Plus. Be sure you have four matching
SIMMS.
If it gets too frustrating, I can swap you a working motherboard for yours.\
Jeff G
Dear Jeff, thank you so much. What I will do is try buying another set of SIMMS from someone different, and ask them first to verify that they match. I'll keep in mind your mobo offer, very generous of you!!
Gratefully yours,
Jessi
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