At 10:44 AM -0400 4/12/2009, Ernie Chorny wrote: >My G3 iMac suffers a similar problem > >One 512 mb stick in either slot works fine. >The other 512 mb stick in either slot works fine.
"works fine" -- each stick stand-alone in each slot gives you a proper BONG when you boot? >With both of them in the computer won't boot UNTIL I press the button on >the side which is marked with the triangle then the computer comes to >life and the system reports 1 gig of memory (but there is no 'dong' when >it comes to life). No BONG = self-test failed badly. If you can force-boot the machine thereafter, be careful. Whatever it is that caused the self-test to fail will bite you eventually. Random kernel panics, data corruptions, etc. Make sure the sticks are properly seated. Sometimes, when putting in multiple sticks, this is more difficult than normal... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
