[gunner]

My first Mac but I have some problems... It keeps crashing in everything (well not everything).

1st crash - It started crashing when I'm using the PB in clamshell mode with an external monitor (Sony 20"). At first it crashed out of Safari when I'm surfing. I thought it might be the website. I restart Safari and try to go back to same website crashed. So I resarted the PB. Fine after that.

2nd crash - An hour after rebooting (see above) it crashed and told me to restart PB - crashed during a screensaver. (yes external monitor still plugged in)

3rd crash - Surfing on Safari again - crashed out of it 5 times reading Sports Illustrated. Also crashed out of Illustrator. (yes external monitor still plugged in)

I'm getting tired of all this crashing any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[gunner]

Sorry, I also have 2 gigs of ram from Kingston.

[Randman]

Did you check for bad ram?

[gunner]

I'm new to Macs (switcher) - How do I check for bad ram? Thanks!!

[gunner]

This is what it said in Memory -
SODIMM0/J20STANDARD:

Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR SDRAM
Speed: PC2700U-25330

SODIMM1/J23REVERSED:

Size: 1 GB
Type: DDR SDRAM
Speed: PC2700U-25330

[gunner]

OK, found out how to do a hardware check. This is the error message I got -

Error Code
2 mem/101/4:SODIMMO/J20 Standard

Does that mean both are bad ram or just one? And if it's one is it the one closer to me?
Thanks for helping a newbie to Macs.

[Randman]

At least one is bad. Take one out and see what it shows. Then take it out, replace it and try again.

[gunner]

I hope it's the ram and not the slot (I've been reading on other posts). If it's the ram, I hope kingston replaces it. I lost the receipt too! Man ^%#@! always happens in threes. Oh well. Thanks Randman!