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Memory woes - part 2
« on: August 03, 2008, 04:21:10 PM »
I've been at this before, in another post, but have finally managed to find some kind of structure in this mess by consequently running MemTest:

No errors when AOS3.9 is loaded

Errors reported in FastMEM and ChipMEM outside AOS3.9 (in DOS and AOS3.1)

Errors are also reported in ChipMEM when the 2040-card is deactivated.

This is odd. I find it hard to believe that a malfunction of the Blizzard-board would cause errors in ChipMEM - even when the Blizzard-board is deactivated. I find it equally hard to  believe that a malfunctioning motherboard/ChipMEM, would cause errors in the FastMEM of the Blizzard-board.

And, as noted in another post, no other software, like CheckMEM and others, report any errors whatsoever. Something is wrong though, as indicated by instability.

I've also received the message "2060-removable driver failed" on a couple of occasions lately. And, I might add, the program "WhichAmiga" hangs the entire system, unless I deactivate the 2040-card.
 

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Re: Memory woes - part 2
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2008, 06:56:57 PM »
I've tried using another PSU - no change. Then again, all PSUs for the A2000 are more or less the same age (<> 20 years) and could possibly display the same symptoms of fatigue.

I'm looking for an opportunity to test the Blizzard-board in another A2000 - but they are not easy to come by these days.. ;)

As for the error bits, I honestly don't know. The listing is quite overwhelming, so I've never even tried taking notes.
 

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Re: Memory woes - part 2
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2008, 09:04:25 PM »
Unfortunately, MemTest-00 doesn't give any output at all. It just causes a crash.