From: John H. Kim (jokim_at_jarthur.Claremont.EDU)
Date: Wed Jan 26 1994 - 14:43:32 EST
>
> I phoned First Source, and they are going to send me another DRAM card, the
> same as before. They clearly state that the 700's and 750's use the
> same 8MB cards.
> If the new one does not work, I will call Tech Support, and complain.
I think a lot of us stumbled upon a pretty good memory vendor in First
Source if they let you return the card with that little hassle.
One thing I noticed when I plugged in my memory card was that it takes
a lot more force than I expected. You have to push it in, then keep
pushing it in until it slowly goes in a little more. On mine the bottom
edge of the card is flush with the end of the plastic guides on either
side. For a while I was getting intermittent memory errors every time
I moved the computer. Finally the computer reported only 4MB and it
dawned upon me that it might not be plugged in all the way. (this is
for the First Source/Paragon 8MB memory card so the plastic guides rule
might not apply to other cards)
> -->> I'm not sure what error message 201 is, though.
Found it in the POST (Power On Self Test) general diagnostics list:
2xx Memory (RAM) errors
201 Memory test failed
202 Memory address error
203 Memory address error
I'll note I was getting 203 memory address errors when it was partially
plugged in, along with a list of the addresses causing the problem.
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