I have a Lombard 333MHz, 192MB RAM, OS 9.2.2. Been running fine for years. Recently, the end-user reported it began crashing randomly. He sent it back to me and I've had the same problem. It will run fine for a while and then just freeze (no cursor movement but the screen stays on, can't force quit have to reboot using Apple-Ctrl-Power). After crashing, on reboot I get a message that reads "The built-in memory test has detected a problem with cache memory. Please contact a service technician for assistance." When I do a reboot before it crashes, I typically do NOT get this message. I've reset PRAM multiple times. I spoke with a genius at the local Apple store and asked if a clean install was worthwhile or a waste of time. He recommended I do it, which I did, and it seemed to resolved the problem and then it returned shortly thereafter. I've tried swapping out both RAM chips from another working machine to no avail. I am either going to reformat the drive and clean install another OS 9.2.2 or just send it back for warranty repair. Can anyone confirm if this is indeed a hardware problem with the cache or whether it is worth doing a reformat and reinstall of OS 9?
thanks for you suggestions! ... Eric
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