Re: GS memory problem

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

jim pendarvis wrote:
> 
>  Stephen Shaw wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:29:31 -0400, Jim Pendarvis wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks David for your informative response.
> > >
> > > The memory card is Apple. The error # is 308.
> > >
> > > I've tried reseating the chips, but that didn't help. 2 banks are TI, 1
> > > bank is Oki, and the other is a mix of TI and Oki. I don't know if that
> > > would matter.
> >
> > Shouldn't matter but there is many a slip 'twixt cup and lip. Try putting all
> > TI or all OKI.
> >
> > >
> > > Would someone please send me a copy of the memory test program
> > > "MemoryTest.CL" that David mentions below?
> >
> > I wonder if the AE test would help?
> >
> 
> I assume it would. The tester for ramworks seems to work pretty well. I'm
> not sure if I have AE's tester for GS.

Sorry but the AE test doesn't work with the Apple brand IIgs RAM card.
All 
you'll get is a message that none of the chips on the card are good.

> Meanwhile. I have checked a couple of stores for chips. The first, a store
> specializing in used computer stuff (where I noticed that used doesn't
> necessarily equal cheap). They didn't have any. Then I tried MicroCenter
> (large warehouse store like CompUSA). I asked in the service department
> where I would have thought they might have encountered 256k chips at some
> point or another, say on an old video card, but they had absolutely no
> idea what I was talking about.

If you only need one or two chips then likely someone here wouldn't mind
mailing you them
 
> Right now my son uses the GS to play some DOS games. So it can be be put
> to use. And even if I can get the memory card fixed, I don't think 1.25mb
> is going to get me very far running GS software.

There's things you can't do but there's still a lot you can do,
especially 
if you're running system 5.0.4

	Wayne