1st issue:
The long boot time is normal, due solely to System RAM checks.
2nd issue:
This almost certainly not related to Apple's recommended RAM "limit".
Back in the days when many people were migrating their Wallstreets to
OS-X, such RAM memory problems were not uncommon. Memory modules
which were not 100% compliant to Apple specs, yet had worked OK under
OS-9, would fail when running OS-X.
Not surprisingly, these modules tend to turn up in computers still
running OS-9.
The solution is to install 100% compatible RAM.
OWC (http://www.owcomputing.com) has 256MB modules for $29 which are
guaranteed to meet or exceed Apple specs.
hth.. Alan
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On 2010-09-29 22:09 -0500, Steven wrote:
Earlier today I upgraded my 233mhz/32mb Wallstreet PDQ to a 300mhz
Apple processor and 256mb of ram (2x128). It is much more responsive
under 9.2.2 and the System Profiler shows a 300mhz processor and all
256mb of physical memory, but some strange things have been
happening since I installed them.
First, whenever I start up the system with all 256mb there is a long
pause (10-20 seconds) between the startup chime and the rest of the
system kicking in. This is the same thing my PowerBook 3400c does,
because it has a bad PRAM battery, but the Wallstreet's PRAM battery
is still good. I tried switching back to the 233mhz processor with
no success, but the problem seems to go away when I drop back down
below the 192mb RAM limit (only in the 233mhz, but the 300mhz may
boot fine with 32mb, I haven't tried that yet). I seem to remember a
post about something similar here on the LEM Lists. I can't find it,
but I think the general consensus was that this delay was normal,
which makes me think it is a result of using too much RAM.
The other problem is somewhat more annoying. Now that I have more
than 128mb of RAM I decided to install Jaguar, but it will only
install (and only boot) with the lower ram in the 233mhz processor
(though I haven't yet tried all the combinations, so it may work
with the lower ram in the 300mhz too. My temporary solution is 32mb
in one processor and 128 in the other, switching the processors and
the top RAM chip when needed giving me 233mhz/160mb for Jaguar and
300mhz/256mb for 9.2.2). This, too, sounds like it is caused by too
much RAM, since I have heard that Wallstreets can be pretty picky.
Are these kinds of problems common when exceeding the Apple RAM
limit? I can live with the processor switching and lower RAM in
Jaguar if this is common (I was planning on primarily using 9.2.2
anyways), but if this sounds like bad RAM or a bad processor then I
would want to return them.
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