[G4] G4 Dual 867 MDD RAM question

[Philip J Robar]

On Mar 17, 2006, at 3:57 PM, Aaron wrote:

> Thanks to all responders.
>
> I received my new RAM:
>
>> "Kingston 512 MB 333 MHZ DDR-PC2700 DIMM CL2.5 PC Memory"  $44.77  
>> each (including free shipping)
>> which is listed at <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006HVT4/>.
>
> and installed it Wednesday night. I left in the old PC2100 RAM  
> stick, so there's now 1.5 G in the computer.
>
> With one MAJOR exception, everything has been fine since then. The  
> exception is that, a few hours after the installation, I got what  
> is probably a "Kernel Panic". Specifically, I saw the box on my  
> screen in about 5 languages telling me that I had to restart the  
> machine by pressing the power button!
>
> I restarted it successfully and have had no problems since, but I'm  
> concerned that there may be a defect in the new RAM that will only  
> occasionally show up.

Get the Mac version of memtest: http://www.memtestosx.org/.

Phil