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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac SE Startup Error
Keywords: Mac SE RAM Error Help
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Date: 28 Jan 91 05:22:53 GMT
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:     Could the clipped resistor be responsible for the bizzare startup error?
:The screen seems to show up so immediately upon startup that its seems unlikely

Hmm.  Having the resistor in place indicates 'all 256' I always wondered
if you really needed to reconect the resistor when going back to
all 256's.  (I am not so curious as to take my machine apart to try it..)

:     Could it be that the IIsi SIMMs are too fast for the SE? I was under the
:impression that you couldn't go wrong by installing faster than required SIMMs
:in any machine (except that you might have to pay more for them).
:
It could never hurt for the simms to be 'too' fast

:
:This is as much as I know about this problem. I am under some time pressure to
:get the Mac SE back up and running. If the problem is in the SIMMs/resistor,
:then as far as I am concerned the best solution would be getting my hands on
:some new 1Mb SIMMs fast. 
:

It should be no big deal to reconnect the resistor.  At least when I cut
mine I made sure to cut the lead right in the center so that it
would be easy the re-connect.  I assume that anyone who knew what they
were doing would do the same.
Apple dealers probably remove the resistor all together... :-)(


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-george            george@mech.seas.upenn.edu