On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 10:20 AM, Obrecht, Jerry A wrote: > I would suggest one more step in the RAM troubleshooting: if after > swapping the RAM cards and it still freezes, try your original RAM > from Apple...or better yet, put your original RAM in right away, after > removing all RAM upgrade cards, and see if it still freezes. There > were numerous threads on www.macintouch.com, under their 10.2 and Bad > RAM user reports pages, of 10.2 installation, freezes, kernel panics, > gray-screens-of-death, and such that were ultimately traced to RAM. > It seems that 10.2 makes a greater utilization of RAM than 9.2 ever > did, and RAM that would work with 9.2 simply would not work with 10.2. > The solutions generally were to replace the "bad" RAM with RAM from > reputable sellers who would provide an exchange in case further RAM > problems developed. I very much doubt that you have a bad processor > or logic board, especially if you can still boot into OS 9.
this isn't limited to 10.2 -- it's true of all versions of OS X. the big deal is this... protected memory. in order for protected memory work, an OS can't be as tolerant of RAM that is faulty. OS 9 doesn't have protected memory, so it's much more tolerant. all ram has faults -- it's just a matter of how picky are the OS and (to a lesser extent) the logic board. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
