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From: 6600pete@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (GurgleKat [Pete Gontier])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: That agonizing startup music -- RAM gone bad
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Date: 21 Feb 90 08:24:23 GMT
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A few minutes ago I started getting random bombs at random memory locations,
so eventually I rebooted and got that wonderful magic music signifying bad
RAM on POST.

Since MultiFinder loads apps into high memory first, I guessed that it was
the high 4M RAM gone bad and pulled it; now the machine works fine.

Question: what's the best way to find out which SIMM went bad? Am I stuck
with swapping them in and out to see which one kills the machine? Will a
dealer do this for me with some magic tool that doesn't require him opening
my Mac (and charging me for doing so) ?

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