On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 02:35 PM, Will Schou wrote: >> From: Eric J. Leopold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:45:24 -0800 >> On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 05:03 AM, Bailey wrote: >> >> I'd think a ram disk would take up precious ram that you want to test. >> When I test I start up with a minimal system to keep as much ram >> available for testing, then wait for it to do it's thing. It can take >> a >> while. There's no such thing as a free lunch... >> >> -Ford >> >> Snip
> My understanding of how software Ram testing works would seem to tell > me that while you've come up with a good idea...it won't really work. > Here's why,One of the short comings of software ram testing is some of > the ram in the machine is used to start the machine up and run the > finder and ram testing app. Ram being used for this is not available > for testing and so far no one knows how to tell which ram in which > slots is being used or tested. So in order to test all the ram you have > to move it around in the slots and test several times and hope for the > best. So it would seem to me that making a ram disk would keep you from > testing the ram being used for the ram disk. So even less ram would be > available for testing....Does that make sense? Will S > who gave up and took all my ram to a local shop for testing in one of > those machines nearly no one can afford to buy.My problem turned out > not to be bad ram but interleaving FPM and EDO which wasn't labeled. > Funny thing is it worked fine from OS9.x-10.2 10.2.1 refused to run > with it....very odd > Thanks Will. It makes sense. When the idea came, I felt nah this can't work. I wasn't sure why but it seemed to revolve around your explanation as I read it. But I tried it anyway. There is no time saving as both normal and ram disk have the same time for a cycle. I knew I'd get answers from the list. Thank you very much. There is a ram store 20 miles from here www.satech.com. Maybe they'd test my ram in their machine. I've bought their ram before and never had any problems with it in my Mac B&W G3. 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:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
