Re: Troubleshooting Bad Memory Chip In IIGS Memory Expansion Card

[mark.REMOVE.percival@videotron.ca (Mark Percival)]

On 25 Apr 1999 05:49:08 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>I always use the memory testing program from Claris that was shipped
>with AppleWorks GS 1.1 to test my memory.

I'll check this out.

>The 1MB IIGS mem card is not worth trouble shooting, though.  Best
>to replace it with a 4MB to 8MB one, such as the Sirius, and 8MB mem
>card that can be bought with 0MB to 8MB and later expanded to a
>maximum of 8MB in 1MB increments using easy to find (from old
>PC and Mac units) 1MB 30-pin SIMMs.

This is what I plan to do long term.  Until then I'd like to fix this
card.

BTW, the symptom I'm getting is random crashing into the monitor (say
every 15 min or so).  Is this consistent with a memory problem?

Mark R. Percival
Montreal, Quebec

An Apple II fanatic since 1979.