At 1:28 PM -0500 2/13/04, G-Books wrote:
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:00:47 -0800
>From: Tom Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Faulty L2 cache in Lombard processors
>In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 09:23 PM, Paul Nelson wrote:
>Hi, List,
> I got stuck with a Lombard with the failed L2 cache in an ebay
> purchase about six months ago, and have been using it since as is,
> trying to find a replacement for a reasonable price with out success.
> I wonder if this has approached the levels of disaster that a class
> action suit against Apple is in order? Any Lombard owners interested?
> Please answer off list.
> Paul Nelson
>
>REPLY
>I missed previous on this - what are the symptoms? Does it get reported
>in Apple Hardware Test diagnostic CD or is it more catastrophic? I'm
>personally ready to dump my Lombard which won't install OSX even with
>Lombard-specific Kingston RAM (OWC's RAM falls short of this specificity)
>via the install CD, cloning, etc. If I thought the L2 cache were reason I
>might be interested.
>Tom Meade
The machine hangs up in the boot process with the message "The
built-in memory test has detected a problem with cache memory. Please
contact a service technician for assistance." The boot process will
continue upon acknowledging the message. The problem turns out to be that
there is no cache anymore. I haven't heard of any way of repairing the
processor. I believe the frequency of failures is the reason that prices
are sky high for used processors, damn near half as much as the book is
worth.
Paul Nelson
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