Troubleshooting mac hardware

[Rubeen]

What are the different issues lies on the hardware part of Mac PC. I have a Mac OS x system in which I had tested a 2gb ram which made it reboot again and again. For that I am not able to figure out the issue. How to est difference hardware compatibility on vairuos Mac PC's and laptop. What you suggest for this.

[deoWo]

Apple deliberates most interior individual hardware troubleshooting to be not recommended. Do so only at your individual risk! Be sure to release anybody static by moving a secure element ground situation after opening a Mac. SIMM contacts might be cleaned by means of a pencil eraser and reseated. The tiny synthetic clip ears (particularly on older SIMM sockets) are very, very delicate.

[RoninBlade]

If you be uncertain at this point, pay no attention to this suggestion. A safer move toward is to test the remembrance constantly with a ram diagnostic agenda like Snooper or RAMometer (sys 7) for number of hours. If you feel contented removing SIMMs, you can additional completely confirm third-party remembrance is not faulty by selectively removing/swapping banks of remembrance. If a sad Mac convention shows up on the screen immediately below the icon, use it to place a bad module.

[Fabian]

On Macs by means of moreover 72 pin SIMMs or 168 pin DIMMs, you can take away the memory components one at a time slightly than in banks. For a Mac with an accumulation SIMM or board, you can try resolutely reseating, removing or replacing it as desired. This can make simpler or easy your troubleshooting. If you have third party remembrance on a PowerMac, ask your manufacture if you may have installed a mismatched kind of amalgamated RAM by mistake.

[Hardwareman]

If you are working on the Power Mac with a L2 RAM accumulation card, you can try to take away it to see if the mistake 11 rate goes down or basically test it with diagnostic software like TechTool Pro. Terrible on PowerBook Street from New machinery is a freeware submission that was written to remove inaccurate memory modules in PowerBook 165c and 180c computers. More than a few companies sold memory which added Wait-States to the process of the PowerBooks. "Terrible on PowerBook Street" allowed Users to with no trouble to test their notebooks and conclude if they had been sold inaccurate memory.

[Maxforu]

When you are going start your system, if you do not even listen to the fan motor or the power cuts out without warning, you may desire to make sure or ensure your battery(s). The premature Mac II series have batteries that are soldered in, but additional present models use a battery holder. An absorbent dead lithium battery can critically injure a mother board with acid, so it be supposed to be replaced punctually. If a cell noticeable 3 V or 3.6 V tests below 3.3 V, it is almost certainly gone or well on the way (Apple says 3.0 to the public and 3.2 to its service people).