tezza
Veteran Member
After the RAM chip transplant a few months ago my beloved Ozzie now works.
However... like most old curmudgeons (human or computer) things seem to fall apart sometimes. I can't seem to leave it on for more than 4 hours at a stretch without it crashing. It's random, and generally in spectacular fashion. By the latter I mean the screen goes to garbage, drives may switch on (and stay on!) and sometimes even the internal beeper is beeping!
However, if I switch it off, wait some seconds, then on again..it's fine! At least until the next time it throws a fit. This could be in 15 mins or 4 hours. It's random, and not that common, but it usually can't go more than 4 hours of continual use.
Now, I guess the cause here could be a zillion things. But given that the symtoms when crashed are somewhat similar to the symptoms that occured with my bad RAM, I'm wondering if it's not RAM related? Or maybe the power suppy? Could it be that the power supply is a bit flakey, fluctuates out of tolerance range and trips some (possibly also flakey) RAM chips?
Any ideas?
Tez
However... like most old curmudgeons (human or computer) things seem to fall apart sometimes. I can't seem to leave it on for more than 4 hours at a stretch without it crashing. It's random, and generally in spectacular fashion. By the latter I mean the screen goes to garbage, drives may switch on (and stay on!) and sometimes even the internal beeper is beeping!
However, if I switch it off, wait some seconds, then on again..it's fine! At least until the next time it throws a fit. This could be in 15 mins or 4 hours. It's random, and not that common, but it usually can't go more than 4 hours of continual use.
Now, I guess the cause here could be a zillion things. But given that the symtoms when crashed are somewhat similar to the symptoms that occured with my bad RAM, I'm wondering if it's not RAM related? Or maybe the power suppy? Could it be that the power supply is a bit flakey, fluctuates out of tolerance range and trips some (possibly also flakey) RAM chips?
Any ideas?
Tez
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