Re: GS Diagnostics

[Drew <goggledrew@gmail.com>]

On 7 Apr, 23:44, Scott McCormack <samccorm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know if the CTRL+OA+CA+Reset diagnostic test all the RAM
> in the GS or just on the on board RAM? This test always says my GS is
> OK but it acts sometimes like it may have a bad RAM chip someplace. I
> can run GS/OS just fine, making RAM disks seem to be fine etc but the
> machine just crashes with some programs for no apparent reason. It
> doesn't do it randomly but certain applications just won't work (they
> crash to the monitor) and I want to make sure my machine doesn't have
> some sort of weird problem. My GS is a ROM 3 machine with a total of 3
> MB of RAM. I think the RAM board is an Apple made one but I'll have to
> check it and confirm as I don't have it in front of me.
>
> The only other problem with my GS is that I can't seem to be able to
> use the printer port. When I try and use it as a serial port no data
> ever seems to come across and when I attempt to use as the appletalk
> port GS/OS locks up when I try to open the Appleshare control panel.
> Is it possible the printer port is fried? The modem port works just
> fine. The GS came from a school so I am sure it has had a hard life. :)

Hi,

For memory testing you could try Geoff Weiss's memory tester software.
I believe it only tests the memory expansion boards rather than
onboard iirc :-

ftp://bbs.a2central.com/uploads/PUBLIC/MegaMemory.SHK

Drew