Mystery to me...

[The Doctor]

Are the added RAM chips exact to spec for that laptop?  If they are not quite compatible it could be causing a problem interfacing them.

David Merwin <dave@asulos.com> wrote:

>I think I am going crazy. Does anyone know what could be causing this 
>problem?
>Here are the details
>PB G3 Wallstreet 400mhz
>YDL2.3 -
>
>Ok, couple months ago I get YDL and install.
>Crashes all the time. Usually in X but could be anywhere. Friend 
>suggests bad RAM.
>Ok, remove the 128 chip.
>Runs great. No worries.
>No problems. Useing it for weeks no crashes ever. Believe me I tried.
>But, it is really really slow. (Ever try to develop in Quanta with 
>little ram? Press open... go take a nap.)
>So I order a 256 SODIMM chip from PowerMax.
>Click it in...  BLAM! Can't even get x to finish booting. Reinstall... 
>same problem.
>Take the chip back out... yup. Runs fine, but real slow.
>Do I have two bad chips of RAM or is it worse?
>
>I am going crazy. Please offer any help you can.
>
>Thanks.
>
>David Merwin
>
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