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2X RAM = crashed applications
Name: Rick (by Richard Willis) Date: July 14, 2008 at 14:35:45 Pacific OS: 10.3.9 CPU/Ram: 256 > 512 Product: eMac G4, 512, Combo
Comment:
I doubled the RAM from 256 to 512. Apple Profiler says I'm running two identical cards
Size: 256 MB Type: SDRAM Speed: PC133U-333
...but as soon as I installed the second card, app's began quitting without warning. First Firefox; I noticed today Word quitting. Yahoo & Hotmail going away in the middle of a new message, etc.
Today I finally removed the second RAM card and all seems to be fine again. Any conjecture on what's going on? The two cards are not physically identical: the original has a thinner profile. But they appear to run at the same speed.
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