This message written: Thursday, 13 November 2003 18:23:56 PST Have been working to get a successful upgrade of an 8500 with an XLR8 Carrier Zif and an Apple G3 ZIF Processor.
Carrier, ZIF and XLR8 software installation went well. However, I stuffed in a bunch of ram collected from a 7600 and this 8500 to make a total of 272 MB, with 3 ea 64MB DIMMs and 5 ea 16MB DIMMs. When booted (OS 9.1) the machine will often hang just as extensions load. With a couple of 3 finger salutes it will usually boot to the desktop. Running an application works for a few minutes and then the system will either crash or hang. I opened the case and shuffled the DIMMs around and now the problem seems to "wait" longer. Opening applications so that memory usage exceeds about 64MB frequently causes the crash/hang problem. I strongly suspect that one of the DIMMs is bad. Now, in order to minimize the number of times I have to remove the logic board (I am really beginning to despise that design!), is there a way to narrow the search for the bad DIMM? What is the sequence in which RAM is "used?" That is, which RAM slot/bank is used first? Help!? Ken -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
