[X Newbies] X on early G3 iMac

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 6/17/03 17:45, "Chris Foote" <foote at chem.ucla.edu> wrote:

>>>  I've got an original 233Mhz Bondi iMac running 10.2.6. When I
>>>  originally installed 10.2 it turned out that I had to remove one of my
>>>  memory modules or it would not install. It would go thru the process
>>>  very slowly but would never quite finish.
>> 
>> I know its too late now, but I managed to get around having to remove
>> any memory modules on a Bondi iMac by installing Jaguar in the smallest
>> increments possible. Going from memory, I did the minimal base install
>> first, then installed the rest of the OS (no apps), then installed the
>> applications from the second disk one at a time by starting from the
>> hard drive, putting in the second CD, and running each installer
>> individually.
>> 
>> -Mike
> 
> That's not the issue. You shouldn't have to do this. The problem is
> that some memory modules (usually addons) turn out to be defective
> under X, leading to a stall in the installation process.

Yep, happened to me with a 400 MHz iMac. I had to buy new memory and it
works fine, though slooooow.

And they're not actually defective; it's just that X is more demanding and
doesn't run with any memory that doesn't meet its requirements.


Kirk


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