Re: RAM test Failed?

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:

> Hello,
>
>    Shortly after installing a new Sirius RAM card I started having
> problems with my Apple IIGS locking up that I hadn't had
> before.....I've had this IIGS since August.
>
> I loaded a program called "Bit Banger" which was on the Utils and
> Drivers disk which came with the RAM card.  Some Time After I started
> it running I turned the monitor on to check up on it and found the
> following message:
>
> "Notice: A fatal error has been encountered in Cache memory.  You
> Should contact the maker of your accelerator for service.
>
> (If you are using a Zip-GSX and have a 'Split cache' then you may have
> a bad DATA or DATA TAG cache static ram chip.)
>
> Please turn off your //GS"
>
> I really don't know what to do now.  I don't have an accelerator in my
> ROM 01 IIGS.

I'd pull half the SIMMs, reset the jumpers for that amount of RAM and
rerun the test. If it fails again then I'd swap in the RAM I'd removed and
try the test again. Tat assumes that your card has enough RAM on it to
do this. Of course if you happen to have enough compatible SIMMs on
hand to replace the RAM on the card, that'd be a better way to go.
In either case you want to know whether the problem is the RAM or the
card itself.

    Wayne