Macintosh IIsi and LC: Third-Party SIMM Incompatibility


Some Macintosh IIsi and Macintosh LC customers have difficulties with
third-party 2MB SIMMs installed in their systems. Reported problems
include system hanging and/or system crashes sometime after a third-party
2MB SIMMs upgrade. Read the following discussion for more details.

Apple investigated the problem and discovered that this occurs because
some third-party 2MB SIMMs are not compatible with the Macintosh IIsi and
the Macintosh LC.

You can determine whether your third-party 2MB SIMMs are compatible with a
Macintosh IIsi or Macintosh LC by removing them from the system and
installing known good Apple 1MB SIMMs. If the symptoms disappear, the
problem was in the third-party SIMMs, and you should discontinue using
them in your system.

Contact the manufacturer of the third-party SIMMs if this troubleshooting
procedure determines they are incompatible.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012