When bad RAM happens to good PowerBooks...

• 01 October 2004
• general

I’ve just spent a couple of very frustrating days rebuilding my PowerBook. It started with a constantly crashing Finder:

• open Finder window
• crash
• write crash log
• launch
• crash
• write crash log
• launch
• crash
• …

Once I’d thought I’d resolved that (be restoring from my backup) the iChat daemon started quitting. I re-installed iChat and … the Finder started crashing again. So, burn some Panther install CD’s -- Archive and Install (and all of the upgrades that entails -- Xcode 1.2, WebObjects 5.2, Java 1.4.2, WebObjects 5.2.2, WebObjects 5.2.3…). Tried to install MySQL, and the installer quits. OK, just going to restart and … the Finders starts crashing again. Deep breath -- AARGH!

I finally pulled a third party 512MB stick of RAM -- which had successfully passed memtest -- and sanity is once again restored. Between my TiBook, and my 17inch AlBook that makes 4 -- FOUR! 512MB dimms I’ve had fail.

I know everyone offers lifetime warranties but this just sucks. RAM -- can’t live with it, can’t shoot it.

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