Re: MicroDrive Re-Do-Do

["Steve ][" <sc-ii@hotmail.com>]

What's a good IIGS memory test aside from the OA-CA-Reset self-test?
ROM03 IIGS.

Thanks.


On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:00:27 -0700, "Michael J. Mahon"
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Steve ][ wrote:
>> I will try that. I have a new CF card on the way as well so I can play
>> "process of elimination", hopefully I will learn something. I my RAM
>> card and CF/MicroDrive a couple of years ago so maybe something just
>> met its MTBF...
>> 
>> Thanks for the thought.
>
>A single marginal DRAM chip, or a nearby source of noise, or even a
>very unlucky cosmic ray shower can change data in memory, which, if
>it affects a critical file system structure, can corrupt the disk.
>
>You might try running a good memory test overnight and see if anything
>shows up.