At 14:10 -0700 10/08/2002, David R wrote: >My off-the-cuff theory is that because I have 768 ram, it takes longer then >it should to test the ram and by this time, the ide card & drives have >missed the boot up process. So then the drives just hang forever unable to >boot, until I restart. > >If anybody has any other ideas why this worked, I'd like to hear em. Thanks >All!
It sounds to me as if you have one or more bad DIMMs. It could be something more complex (it could always be something more complex) but freezing with memory test enabled, and working with it disabled or after a restart is a classic symptom of a bad DIMM. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
