Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:7822 comp.sys.mac.hardware:12432 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!hsdndev!husc6!evensen From: evensen@husc9.harvard.edu (Erik Evensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: 8mb is "not enough memory"? Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 19:23:59 GMT Sender: news@husc6.harvard.edu Distribution: na Organization: Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services, Cambridge, MA Lines: 33 Hello, I've got a rather bizarre sounding problem. I just upgraded my SE/30 to 8 meg from 5 meg. Now whenever I turn the Mac on, I get a bomb box which says there is not enough memory for the System and Extensions; that I should restart while holding the shift key down to disable extensions. It gives me two buttons: one to restart and the other to shutdown. If I press restart and let the machine restart normally (i.e., not holding the shift key down and letting the extensions load) the machine comes up fine and I see 8 meg in the About This Macintosh box. I booted of an old 6.0.3 floppy and everything came up fine; I booted the Sys 7 installation floppy and everything came up fine. I also tried turning all extensions of using Extension Manager and I still got the bomb box on power up. Note that this only occurs from a cold start -- if I choose shutdown and use the reset button on the side of the computer all comes up fine. I'm running Sys 7, without virtual memory on (though I tried turning VM on to see if it made a difference). Can anyone tell me what's going on??? Thanks in advance for any help... Oh yes, the new SIMMS came out of a IIsi; they are 100 ns and I never get a sad mac on power up so I don't there is a problem with the memory --Erik (evensen@husc.harvard.edu)