this memory from to be coughing up for the board replacement, although I have never heard of bad memory killing a board before.
guess it could be possible.
was this RAM cheap?
P
Dear readers,
A few weeks ago I upgraded the RAM-memory on my MacBook (1st gen, DualCore 2gHz)with two new units made by TakeMS. The specifications of the modules were correct. After installing, I started the laptop, but I didn't get any image on my screen and nothing was working except the processor, HD and fan (I could hear the sounds). The 'sleep' light was on constantly. I re-installed the old memory, and nothing changed. Completely suprised by what happened, I brought the laptop to a Mac-reseller for a diagnostic-check. After a few days they phoned me and told me a memory bank was dysfunctioning, and same was going on with the video-chip. The complete logic board had to be replaced. I didn't opt for this choice and was suspecting the RAM-memory of being the cause. Yesterday I brought both upgrades to a computer-specialist, and he checked them in another laptop. The first one worked, but the second one caused the same symptoms on his machine: no image on the screen and only the sound of the fan etc. being working.
As you could imagine now, I'm fully suspecting the RAM-module of being corupt and the cause of two motherboard-failures. Short-wiring is the first thing that comes into my mind. I contacted the salesman of the memory, and he told me he didn't have the correct materials to give me specific information on what's actually wrong with the memory. I'm not going to contact the producer, because I'm not expecting them giving me specific information on what's wrong with the memory, especially when it's causing a short-circuit on the motherboard. Purely because they would place themselves in a dangerous position.
My question to you folks is: does anyone of you know what to do now? I have the following plan myself: some of the 200 pins on the memory are for the electric supply, and when the resistance over the plus- and minus-pole is 0 Ohm, there is a short-circuit. This can be measured with a voltage-gage. The only problem is: I don't know which ones are responsible for the electric supply of the memory. Does anyone of you know this?
Thanks a lot in forward for your replies!

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