Andrew Grebneff wrote:
> >Is the interleaving problem specific to Sonnet upgrades or it is an issue with
> >all of them. I have a PTP 225 that I'll be upgrading, probably to a G4, and
> >like all of us wish to avoid as many problems as possible.
>
> I wonder too, as my 7500 had real problems... all sorts of
> malfunctions, and the RAM tested out OK with RAMomater etc. The HD
> tested out too (with DiskWarrior), and I'd begun thinking of the
> 200mHz processor. But now it seems the interleaved RAM (2 32mb
> sticks) just MIGHT be the problem? Even without a G3/4processor?
>
> I'd swapped this same HD & RAM into my "new" 9500, interleaving the
> RAM; the 32mb (in 4 sticks) was already interleaved.
>
> Of course it MIGHT still be the HD...
>
> Funny, I distinctly remember reading somewhere that Macs run BETTER
> wioth interleaved memory!
First rule of troubleshooting a problematic G3 upgrade....
De-interleave that Ram.
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