Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 10:59:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can someone explain why... Message-ID: <199604141759.KAA23212@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199604140641.QAA12291@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Apr 14, 96 04:11:24 pm"
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> Marc G. Fournier stands accused of saying: > > Okay, that works for me...is there anything I can do to a SIMM to > > test it *before* I change it? Or to test the new one before I even put it > > in? Trial and Error doesn't seem to be an effective way of fixing this > > problem :( > > Spend several thousand dollars on a _real_ SIMM tester. Or find a supplier > and brand of SIMM that you're happy with and stick with it. Even that won't protect you from the occasion batch of bad simms... trust me, I get hit about twice a year by it :-(. > We're having a good run with Panasonic parts in Triton motherboards at > the moment. Humm... last time I got Panasonic I had to RMA them 3 times (total of 48 sticks all showing the same problem, very simmiliar to what Marc is experiencing) before the vendor gave up and shipped me another brand, YMMV... -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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