[G4] Memory Culprit?

[CJ Scaminaci]

If you want a good memory tester for OS X try MemTest, 
http://friskythecat.tripod.com/

The timing on the RAM being different theoretically shouldn't mess 
things up, but OS X is picky.

CJ
On Nov 14, 2003, at 11:14 AM, Franck wrote:

> I've been plagued by Random Kernel panics.  My DP 800 G4 would run 
> like a charm for weeks, then out of the blue, it will start crashing 
> with Kernel Panics.  I'll repair permissions (one out of two runs 
> would crash), run fsck, run drive 10, disk defrag, mac Janitor, you 
> name it.  Kernel panics still happen randomly.
> Suspect # 1: Memory.  I've ran Apple Software Extended memory Test on 
> my 1024 mb of ram (three chips 2-256, 1-512), it passes but I've 
> noticed that the memory profiler indicates that 2 chips are 10.0 cycle 
> n.s and one is 7.5 cycle n.s.
> Could that difference in rating be the problem? Anyone on the list 
> could explain what it means?  In advance thank you.
>
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