On 2/19/05 2:18 PM, "Bree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh man. > > SO I have the nice legit black-labelled full-retail generic Panther > disks. And a nice 40G hard drive. And 192MG of RAM (a 128MB Kingston > stick specifically for the iMac and a SEC 64MB stick). > > I replace the original hard drive with the 40G one in the iMac. No > problem. I put back on 8.6 and then 9.2. No problem. I put the Panther > disk in and -- kernal panic screens and blackness and general weirdness > and I can't even get the machine to read the first disk at all so I have > no idea what's on it and, yeah, I made sure I had the latest firmware > update and I partitioned the hard drive to put the OS's in the first 8G > and I know that 192MB isn't all that fast but I just want to get OS X on > this thing to lend it to someone who'll only ever use Word and surf the > net and if she wants more memory she can fork over the $$ for it at a > later date an everything should be working but isn't. > > Ah... some researching ensues. > > Probable cause: flakey RAM. Apparently the 333MHz machines are bad when > it comes to OS X and certain RAM sticks. A few people in forums suggest > it might be the Kingston stick. What do I know. > > Except -- I need to switch and play with different 144-pin SO-DIMM PC100 > or PC133 sticks to find the right combination. > > But I *really* can't afford to upgrade this thing any more -- I've > already forked over $$ for the hard drive and the Panther disks -- and > this is my secondary machine. Friend can't afford to come up with $$ for > sticks, either (let's just put it this way -- she'll be spending a lot > of time writing up job resumes and cruising around looking for > postings). And if I can't get OS X on the machine, it's resale value > (such as it is) will plummet. > > Anyone upgrade their tray-loader and had success putting on Panther? > Care to say where you got your RAM or at least a brand name? > > I just need to lessen the chances of another kernal panic attack 'cause, > frankly, every time I have to go into the iMac I increase the chances > I'll screw around with something and my anxiety level with this effort > is already near the ceiling :-P > > Suggestions? > > Bree > > Had a kp happen to my B&W when I had good RAM that OS X didn't like. Your RAM might be fine it's just OS X doesn't like certain RAM in certain machines. The RAM I bought was PC 100 but it was from a PC store. OS X saw it as 128 instead of 256 and I kept getting kp's and lockups. I changed the RAM to proper sticks that were meant for the B&W and all is well now (knock on wood). Also 192 is very low for X. You should bump it up to 256 at least.
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