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OSX 10.4.11 intel core 2 duo imac 2.16ghz
I recently installed new ram 1x2gb and 1x1gb bought from crucial. All seemed well, the machine recognised the ram and I used it for about 3 weeks with no probs.
One day whilst using iphoto, a grey screen slowly came down and advised me to restart. The machine froze and I powered down. When I attempted a restart, It stayed on the black screen although the led light was on but the machine appeared dead.
I tried everything cmd/opt/ p&r. cmd/ alt but nothing worked. In the end I removed the ram and inserted it back where it was and it seemed fine for a while but then the same thing happened.
I did the same thing again - only this time installed the 2 in the 0 slot and the 1 in the 1 slot but the same thing happened again, after a while.
I've gone back to my original 512 x2 and so far seems ok (been 2 days now) but I ran an extended hardware test using this ram and got the following error:-
4SNS/1/40000001:VDR (pass number 1). I can't find anything on the web relating to the code and I'm not sure if this is just a smoke screen and the error has been there for a while.
My gut feeling is ram but don't know how to prove it other than sticking with this for a time but by then crucial may not replace my bad ram.
Anyone had a similar experience?
I recently installed new ram 1x2gb and 1x1gb bought from crucial. All seemed well, the machine recognised the ram and I used it for about 3 weeks with no probs.
One day whilst using iphoto, a grey screen slowly came down and advised me to restart. The machine froze and I powered down. When I attempted a restart, It stayed on the black screen although the led light was on but the machine appeared dead.
I tried everything cmd/opt/ p&r. cmd/ alt but nothing worked. In the end I removed the ram and inserted it back where it was and it seemed fine for a while but then the same thing happened.
I did the same thing again - only this time installed the 2 in the 0 slot and the 1 in the 1 slot but the same thing happened again, after a while.
I've gone back to my original 512 x2 and so far seems ok (been 2 days now) but I ran an extended hardware test using this ram and got the following error:-
4SNS/1/40000001:VDR (pass number 1). I can't find anything on the web relating to the code and I'm not sure if this is just a smoke screen and the error has been there for a while.
My gut feeling is ram but don't know how to prove it other than sticking with this for a time but by then crucial may not replace my bad ram.
Anyone had a similar experience?