On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 04:29 PM, J. Belton McClure wrote:
> Ok. > > It's been about a week and I'm going bonkers. After my install > of the Sonnet G4/800mhz a whole plethora of issues has popped up. > > Main issue: crash, crash, crash. It seems to come up whenever > something > "pops" on the screen. IE css hovers on web pages. opening a folder, > starting a new program. > > I ran several conflict catcher tests. All with different results. I > concluded that it cannot find the issue. > > Side note: I DID have periodic crashes with PARIS and Studio Vision Pro > running but I just ruled it out to a slow processor. The reason I > mention > this is to ask a question. > > Is it possible that a "bad" stick of RAM can remain hidden on a slower > processor and then become ugly and highly noticeable when a new a > faster > one is installed? > > Could someone also explain the EXACT incompatibility of ixMicro's Twin > Turbo 128? Seems to me that it crashes and makes funky screen colors. > > > I just recently de-interleaved my RAM after much testing for conflicts > and driver updates and etc, etc... I also just got 2 sticks of 128megs > from OWC. When I de-interleaved including the new RAM I still got > crashes. > When I disabled Twin Turbo's extensions, I still got crashes. When I > disabled TT's exts and removed all the RAM except the two new sticks > I got NO crash. But when I reactivated TT it crashed again. Blah, > blah. > > What I'm thinking is that I have TWO problems. TT and bad RAM. > > Can someone help me out here cuz I'm going brain dead now. > > Thanks! > Jim > > PS Even with the Built In Graphics Accelerator extension the slower > redraw > is driving me NUTS! But not as much as the crashing. ;) > > If you suspect ram as a source of the problem, you can test that with Ramometer. Two sticks of 128 MB ram will take very little time with Ramometer to run 2000 cycles. Good luck. Eric -- 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
