Been there done that. In a previous post about this last week, I explained that the bad S900 (one that doesn't like 8 sticks of 128MB RAM, but is fine with any 7) has had all different combinations of RAM swapped over from the good S900 (one that is fine with 8 sticks), plus CPU, plus PCI cards, HDs etc. All RAM has been extensively (24-48 hours) tested individually and in sandwiches in both machines using all of the RAM test utilities and checks out fine. This appears not to be a bad RAM stick or a bad RAM slot issue (see previous posts-lots of swapping and switching and testing has confirmed this). Still a puzzle but again I put it down to individual hardware differences (quirkiness) maybe due to just one little difference on their motherboards. Novel ideas still welcome.
Cheers, Pete. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:53:26 +0000 > From: John Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Assuming you have both machines together and time and patience to do it > Why don't you take one stick out of the "good" machine and replace it with > one from the "bad" Fire up the "good" if it works take another stick from > the "bad" and repeat the process swapping sticks from bad to good and vice > versa if at some point in the exercise the good machine won't boot then you > have found your problem stick. However if at the end of the exercise "bad" > still won't boot then you can discount the ram as the culprit -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
