--- Cameron Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> After upgrading my IIci to a full 128MB of RAM, it
> started having intermittent
> faults later, and then died altogether yesterday.
>
> Obviously, the first suspect is RAM, so I let
> Newer's RAMometer do an
> exhaustive memory test all weekend. After two and a
> half days of uptime, it
> reported no failures and was still running.
>
> I rebooted into NetBSD, the machine's main OS, and
> tried to compile a kernel
> as a test. After two hours, it froze solid, and now
> it won't boot at all.
>
> The machine has a Daystar '030 50MHz PowerCache +
> FPU, 128MB RAM, two
> Farallon EtherWave NuBus cards in slots C and E, a
> 2.05GB Quantum Fireball and
> uses internal video only.
>
> Suggestions? I will try reseating NuBus cards and
> RAM, but what else could
> it be?
Could be overheating the CPU and/or FPU on the
upgrade.
Try some heatsinks. You may be able to fit a 486 size
one that clips directly to the sides of the CPU.
Otherwise you'll have to use heatsink glue or
improvise
something.
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