[MPA] system crash

[Tom Dempsey]

Thanks for the sage advice.
Since the machine is still under warranty I'm going to send it in to 
Apple authorized service in Athens. They probably have pretty good 
diagnostic tools.

We had one day before this started when the power went out about 10 
times while I was working. Since I have no UPS the system might have 
been compromised.

I'm getting a UPS.

Tom
On Feb 13, 2004, at 12:27 AM, Luke Snarl wrote:

> OK
>
> well its unusual (but possible) that RAM will fail after a burn in 
> period
>
> normally its faulty right way if its gonna be faulty - but my flatmate 
> just discovered a problem with his PC was dud RAM - and he had had the 
> SIMM in question for over a year with no problems until now.
>
> So it does happen....
>
> one way to check would be to remove the new DIMM and see if the 
> machine ever crashes - might take some patience.
>
> alternatively swap the DIMM with another (if available) and see if the 
> machine crashes.
>
> If it does crash you know it is not the new DIMM (could be the other 
> original DIMM though) but if it doesn't crash, well, how long do you 
> wait before you declare it is definitely the RAM....
>
> anyway might be worth trying removing or swapping the DIMM before the 
> laborious task with Prefs that Jay mentioned. A fsck however is always 
> a good idea.
>
> good luck! and remember only change one thing at a time....
> :L uke, out.
>
>
> On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Tom Dempsey wrote:
>
>> I have had the machine since last March and added RAM in April. So 
>> the machine worked well for 10 or 11 months. I have heard some talk 
>> that problems like this might be related to RAM.
>>
>> Tom
>
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