RE: Strange Behaving SRAM cards

Roger W. Buddington (rogerbud@msn.com)
Wed, 24 Apr 96 05:29:51 UT

I bought a 2 meg SRAM from Notebook Supply Warehouse. I'm not sure of the
brand because I have only had it out a few times. I have the decreasing
memory with eventual crash problem. However, a soft boot and I'm back in
business with reclaimed memory and no hang. I notice also that the card is
very sensitive to being completely inserted in the slot. Occasionally I will
get a message to the effect that I have removed my card when it seems to be
fully inserted. When I push on the end of it after powering the OGO off the
message is gone and all is again well. The card is fully inserted the whole
time as far as I can tell. There is no movement that I can discern when I
push it in. But it always seems to take care of the problem.

My point is that perhaps some of the "strange behavior" may be due to similar
hypersensitivity. Try shoving the card to be sure it is fully in. Hope this
helps.

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From: owner-ogo@lifelike.com on behalf of John H. Soper
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 1996 6:22 PM
To: tim edwards
Cc: ogo@lifelike.com
Subject: re: Strange Behaving SRAM cards

On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, tim edwards wrote:
>
>
> I wonder if the "hanging on boot" problem is really either a bug in the
> pcmcia driver or somehow power related. In my case, I have a 1Mb SRAM
> card from ACE that works flawlessly. I also have a Megahertz 14.4 modem
> that exhibits the dreaded "hang" every time the ogo gets booted while
> it's in. Does anyone who is getting the hang with an SRAM card use
> lithium batteries?

Yes. I've experienced the problem both with a fresh set of lithiums and
a fresh set of alkilines.

>
> tim
>

john

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