At 9:16 PM -0400 9/1/01, PCI PowerMacs wrote:
> > 3 weeks ago I bought a 128MB DIMM from Velocity Upgrades for my 7500
>> (604/180) to go with the 128 MB DIMM I already have. When I installed
>> the DIMM the 7500 booted up fine and it ran fine all day. The
>> following day I turned it on got the start-up chime and nothing else.
>> After resetting the 7500 it booted up fine and ran fine all day. It
>> does this every day. I took out the older DIMM and the newer DIMM
>> produces exactly the same effect. This sounds to me like a bad DIMM.
>> Nonetheless Tech Tool Pro says the DIMM is fine.
>>
>> My question is: is there anything else that might be causing this
>> problem that I should check before I send the chip back for a
>> replacement?
>>
>> Thanks,
>Your PRAM battery (LB Clock battery) could be dead. Will cause problems
>similar to the ones you describe.
I thought about that but the computer does keep system settings on
power off. I thought that I would loose some of these settings if the
PRAM battery was dead.
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