Re: Q: Error msg. booting System 6.0.1 - Bad RAM?

["Deacon Blue" <scavenger@apexmail.com>]

Thank you for your input!

I've searched my Focus drive, but cannot find any switches at all on the
card itself! The card is marked  Computer Circulation Systems"  and
][ infitum"  A Toshiba brand HD is mounted on the card.

I do not as yet run an accelerator card on the unit!

--> The RAM card is of brand 'AE RAMCARD Plus'  with three rows � 16 RAM
chips ( 48 chips total).

-->  I tried to downsize the card by removing 1 and 2 rows of chips, but
this did not seem to have any effect on the unstability.

The machine boots but goes into a freeze after 1-2 minutes of operation,
sometimes signalled by a beep.


> Hmm, that (DIP) switch should be on the Focus card. if you have an
> accelerator card as well, disable DMA there, too. I vaguely remember
> exceptions to the 4Mb rule, but I'd go the safe route and either
> disable DMA or downsize the memory card to 4Mb - that's more than
> enough for about every task anyway.
>




> DMA problems typically show up after some time the machine was booted
> and memory is filling up beyond the lower 4Mb. You should be able to
> trigger that behaviour in the IIgs Finder by copying large amount of
> files.
>
> - henrik
>
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