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From: kanala@sc2a.unige.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Sad Mac Error Code
Message-ID: <1991May22.113626.436@sc2a.unige.ch>
Date: 22 May 91 09:36:26 GMT
References: <1991May21.172043.2255@MDI.COM>
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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In article <1991May21.172043.2255@MDI.COM>, rudoff@MDI.COM (Doug Rudoff) writes:
> 
> I started up my Mac SE the other day and got a sad mac with this numbers:
> 00000004
> 0000FF00
> 
> What does it mean?

Sad Mac code 0004 means RAM test failed in bank A, the second number is the
bite that failed. Guess your SIMMs are defective. If the second number 
varies, it's worse, but if not, replacing the defective SIMM should help.

Roman Kanala, CUEPE, University of Geneva, Switzerland, kanala@sc2a.unige.ch