At 1:13 PM -0400 4/11/2009, thomas head wrote:
>just installed two new 512's in my g3 and it doesn't want to boot 
>up. it makes a new sound when i turn on the juice and the light 
>flashes in an ill-regular fashion.

What sound?  That's the self-test telling you its results.

>is there an adaptation period?

No.

>i turned it off soon after and reinstalled the old memory and am on 
>it now so it's not my machine. unless the new stuff is mislabeled i 
>ordered the correct stuff. any ideas for this neophyte?

Could be you didn't fully seat the memory.
Could be the stick is dead.
Could be the stick is of the wrong type for your machine.

Try putting 'em in one at a time...

- Dan.
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- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth

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