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SE/30 memory issue and desktop weirdness

fimbulvetr

Well-known member
So, I upgraded the ram in my recently acquired SE/30 to 32 mb . . . and it is only reporting 28 mb.  I take it the likely cause is a bad SIMM, but I don't have another 4 mb SIMM to swap out and test it.  Are there any utilities I could use to test this? Is anything else likely to be the cause?  I re-seated the ram and made certain it was installed properly. It was properly reporting the 5 mb ram which was previously installed.

Another weird thing about this computer is that the desktop file rebuilds every time I restart it.  What would cause that, and how can I stop it?

Thanks!

 
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