On Nov 20, 2010, at 10:01 AM, M Christol wrote: > On 11/19/10 8:49 PM, John Carmonne wrote: >> On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: >> >>> On Nov 19, 2010, at 4:24 PM, M Christol wrote: >>> >>>> I believe I have it in right but it's not showing up. >>> My G5 is VERY picky about how the RAM is seated. In my experience, all >>> computers that require matched sets are difficult. I've reseated and >>> restarted my G5 perhaps 18-20 times before, moving the sticks in matched >>> slots as required, but in different slots. As soon as the all were >>> recognized, no problems whatsoever. You may want to consider pressing the >>> CUDA reset, I don't think this is required. >>> >> I had a real problem with my G5 after replacing the heat sink. Half the RAM >> was not reporting and weird things on the system were happening. Anyway I >> took out all eight sticks keeping track of the pairs. I spray cleaned all >> the slots and the ram and installed in pairs. Afterwards all the RAM showed >> up and the system was working right again. It had me worried that my >> logicboard was history. >> >> >> > What did you use for spray cleaning? > I rearranged the RAM & 2 original sticks in the third position are not > working & the new sticks in the first slots are not working. > Basically, anything I touch isn't working > :-) > I use a product that I buy at Fry's Electronics named PUREtronics® Extra-STRENGTH conact cleaner it leaves no residue I use this on all the connections in my machines.
John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP
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