On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: > > > Thanks Dan, Wallace, McGrude ~ > > Yanked the stick, put old one back in, Mac worked fine for several > days. Just reinstalled the stick, made sure well seated, made sure no > dust with newly purchased air can. > > In two minutes, Firefox crashed yet again. > > D/l and ran Applejack Memtest, it said FAILURE many times, but I > can't find the Applejack.log. Would like to read the specifics. Where > is it? > > Also found ye olde Apple Hardware Test and that said Error Code mem_/ > 2/4. > > Did not yet zap the pram, etc. because things be fine with the old > chip.
I believe every time your replace a RAM stick, you need to zap the PRAM. > > Did not do the Qtip with Isopropyl Alcohol yet (what is this, a > Ninendo64?) but if you guys think I should do it, okay. > > Somehow I think it is contacting all right, or the Tests would have > remarked absence, but what do I know. > > Is it time to contact OWC for a replacement or is there something > else to do? Oh, right, look in System logs. > > But are the two failures in the memory hardware tests definitive? > > Thanks and Happy New Year, IMO, If you replaced the suspected bad stick, with one that works for awhile (in the same RAM slot & tested with Memtest), then put the suspected bad one back in the same RAM slot, and Memtest fails, I'd say it was a bad stick. OWC might test it again ... but get them to replace it, as long as you have its serial number, you're good for replacement, AFAIK. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
