Re: Expansion RAM problems at 12.5MHz ???

[blasjw@ntmtv.com (Joseph Blas)]

In article <25fjf8$6sn@reeve.research.aa.wl.com> schultp@aa.wl.com (Paul Schultz) writes:
>Joseph Blas (blasjw@ntmtv.com) wrote:
>
>:    I recently started running my Transwarp GS at 12.5MHz instead of
>: 10.  And, I have noticed an interesting problem.  My AE GS-RAM Plus
>: card is failing memory tests.  Apparently, the RAM chips are being
>: accessed faster than they can handle.  Anyway, they are 100ns so maybe
>: 80ns would be o-k?  If anybody else has experienced this problem or
>: has some suggestions, please let me know.
>
>:                    Thanks,
>
>:                     Joe
>
>I'm interested in this too. I have a ZipGS which won't work reliably over
>10.5 MHz. I have an old GS Juice Plus Card with the first bank of memory
>being 120ns chips. What are the symptoms that you are experiencing? Does
>the computer crash after a while? Or is everything fine except for the
>memory test failing?
>

 The problems I noticed were that my GS would sometimes crash when opening and
closing a RAM disk.  And, I started having trouble printing documents in
AppleWorks GS.  That's when I tried the RAM tests and they failed.

                       Regards,

                          Joe

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