PMU ? What is it ? Between the Pacific muslim Union and Photo Multiplier Tube and Power Management Unit ----- what is it? And I suppose OWC is other World computing? How reliable is this C. ( my own abbr.) I just need to compete, lest I be left behind in this guru discourse. Marta
On Jan 5, 2006, at 18:02, Jerry Freeman wrote: > For the record, I have had both the wrong RAM and bad RAM from OWC, it > happens. In both causes it was cheerfully replaced arriving next day > before the suspect RAM was returned. Those tabs do get brittle and > break, but the RAM can be properly seated without them. I guess it's > possible, being the brute that you are, to have cracked the RAM socket > causing other problems, but I doubts it. The fact that after removal > of the new RAM you have problems after Restart makes me wonder. What > OS is this iMac running, did you zap the PRAM, or reset the PMU? ...jf > > On Jan 5, 2006, at 5:33 PM, Bill Holt wrote: > >> Well Jerry, I can't be absolutely sure, but I think that's the most >> likely case. Right memory? Well, yes, I'm pretty sure. It came >> from OWC, and I've never had a problem with anything from them >> before. In any case, I've done this sort of upgrade dozens of times >> on more than a few different types of machines, and I'm pretty >> religious about static control and taking care to match slot to tab. >> However, this one didn't go as usual, and it was more difficult than >> usual to get the module seated - initially. The module is one of >> those that installs parallel to the motherboard, starting at about a >> 45 degree angle and tilting down, much like the video ram on the G3 >> towers. At first, it just didn't want to go in. Eventually it did, >> but the hold-down tab on the left side sacrificed itself in the >> process. The other tab, in combination with the toothpick rig that I >> put together, is certainly sufficient to hold the module in proper >> position, but there's no joy. >> >> With the module in place, on startup, the machine goes through the >> memory check (slowly) and then does a normal fire-up. Then, around >> the time the desktop appears, a window pops up which says, >> paraphrasing, that there is a problem with the memory module and it's >> time to call in a tech. The machine perks along merrily with the >> built in memory, ignoring the addition from that point. >> >> Yes, I went through several rounds of restarting, with and without >> the module in place, with no happy result. Unfortunately, the >> machine is in Birmingham, so my next trip there needs to be with a >> certain fix. >> >> Bill >> >> >> On Jan 5, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote: >> >>> What makes you think it's broken? Could it be that you just don't >>> have the RAM properly seated? Does the new RAM show up on About this >>> Mac? Did you take the new RAM out and reboot? Are you certain it's >>> the correct RAM? :)...jf >>> >>> On Jan 5, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Bill Holt wrote: >>> >>>> If any of you have either a slot loading iMac or an eMac that's >>>> collecting dust, and you'd like a Pentium machine of similar age >>>> ... or two ... or three ... in exchange, please yell out. >>>> >>>> I attempted to add some memory to a friend's iMac several days ago, >>>> and think I broke it. In any case, it won't recognize the new >>>> memory and needs to do so to make good use of her new broadband >>>> service. So I'm looking for a replacement, and the financial >>>> situation indicates that barter is the preferred method of >>>> exchange. >>>> >>>> Bill Holt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>>> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
