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From: sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Bad RAM?
Message-ID: <111500017@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 23 Apr 89 02:11:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!sfn20715    Apr 22 21:11:00 1989


I recently upgraded my ST from 512K to 2.5 Meg.  Among other things, I noticed
that there is a significantly long pause when executing programs (i.e.
double-clicking from the desktop.)  With a large ramdisk, i.e. with very
little memory free, the pause is much shorter.  Is this a system function
or is it due to some aspect of the upgraded memory banks not being
efficient enough?  The upgrade I used is called "EZ-RAM", and while it
did involve some soldering, I am reasonably sure I made no mistakes.

Another problem that may have been caused by the upgrade:  Whenever I
play certain games, especially Dungeon Master, I seem to get lots of 
flashing lines on the screen, which multiply to blot out the entire 
screen and eventually crash the program.  I know this did not happen before
I upgraded my ram.

Could it be a bad solder joint somewhere?  Bad chips?  Shaky sockets or a
problem with the power supply?

Please reply as e-mail to sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu