[Podolsky]

Just got a replacement 512 stick of ram and I want to stress test it to be sure it really does work. I was having intermittent failures waking from sleep but not predictably. Any suggestions on tests I can run to test the new module?

[chabig]

Just run the hardware test CD that came with your Powerbook.

Chris

[OpenStep]

Originally posted by chabig:
Just run the hardware test CD that came with your Powerbook.

Chris

[Podolsky]

Originally posted by OpenStep:

All over this board and others is the pathetic fact that the ram test performed by the the hardware test is useless for the problems most of us have had.

but thanks for the suggestion.

[Drakino]

I really wish something like MemTest86 existed for the Mac. I don't trust a 15 minute test on half a gig of memory. I might, if the memory had ECC checking and such built in.

[newellvw]

Just run any memory intensive app like photoshop or a graphics based game.
Tried to play Warcraft after installing 512 chip and kept crashing every 5-10 minutes.

newellvw

[Podolsky]

Originally posted by newellvw:
Just run any memory intensive app like photoshop or a graphics based game.
Tried to play Warcraft after installing 512 chip and kept crashing every 5-10 minutes.

newellvw

you remind me that I read somewhere that Apple recommends running the freeware altivec fractal as a stressor but I don't recall if it was for ram or vram. i will try that. Photoshop and other graphic apps work fine so far and i have been trying all kinds of sleep modes and switching power supply duriing sleep - which used to crash my mac - and all that seems fine. So, I think I have a good stick...

[anaphora68]

It sounds like your RAM is fine, I just got a new eMac in at my school and the thing booted into a kernel panic. That was fun...