Re: Testing Sirius RAM card at 8MB?

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <tuadnQto1tEb1LLZRVn-gg@comcast.com>,
 Matthew Carpenter <superpsycho@comcast.net> wrote:

> Greg Buchner wrote:
> > In article <YI-dndd0tM2AHbPZRVn-uA@comcast.com>,
> >  Matthew Carpenter <superpsycho@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> >>
> >>>I've got an 8MB RAM sirius RAM card installed and I'm beginning to think 
> >>>that something isn't quite right... My iigs seems to puke on read if I 
> >>>try to copy larger files or a lot of files at once.  Is there any 
> >>>software for testing RAM that would work with the Sirius RAM card? The 
> >>>only RAM test software I have is bit banger and it won't work with cards 
> >>>capable of 8MB.
> >>>
> >>>-Matthew S. Carpenter
> >>
> >>Ok... now I can't boot GS OS off the hard drive. it keeps flashing this 
> >>near the end of bootup:
> >>
> >>Detected trashed memory--software bug or (less likely) bad RAM.  Error $
> > 
> > 
> > Take out one of the DIMMs and run Bit Banger.  Long ago it found memory 
Should be SIMM ---------^^^^^ - Been using modern machines too long.
> > errors on my AE GS-RAM+ that other memory testing programs didn't.  
> > (Crosstalk/bank boundary if I remember correctly.)
> > 
> > Greg B.
> > 
> 
> 
>  From what I understand, it doesn't matter if it has more than 4MB or 
> not... just that it is capable of more than 4MB that makes bit banger 
> not usable.

Hmmm...I've used it with my GS-RAM+ with 6MB in it so I assumed it would 
work with yours if you remove one of the SIMMs.  With the AE GS-RAM+, it 
wouldn't work unless the memory card was full.

Greg B.

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