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Post #2 by CJ_Miller
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateSun, 21 Feb 2010 - 09:53
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/schrodingers-mdd-g4-dead-or-alive.19950/
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TechTool Deluxe:

I've got a disc which was given to me with one of my partial MDDs, maybe 2.7.3?

- booted TTD for OS 9 drive (x removed)

It scanned my hardware and RAM before it hung while scanning volume structures.

- booted TTD for OS X drive (9 removed)

It restarted my mac a few times and panicked with a memory error: unaligned frame address.

So typical of tonights headaches, two versions of TechTool tell me two different problems.

- Also I retried this with my two ATA 66 drives disconnected, just to narrow it down a bit more.

Anybody have any idea why my MDD decided to die when I wasn't using it? It ran practically every day for about five years! I switched it off only if I was (rarely) going to be away for a few days, or if there was a bad storm. And once I finally leave it off for a few months, it dies. This is not the first time computers have been this way for me, they go from constant use to dying from apparent non-use. I am really curious to know why, if anybody has ideas! I guess I am going to search my house now for:

1. spare RAM (doubtful)

2. new ATA cable

3. other (untested) MDD CPU

mp.ls