Showing posts with label Small Dog Electronics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small Dog Electronics. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

RAM


My Powerbook started acting funny last Thursday night at Yacht Rock.  I figured it was just the heat on stage was making it hang up in weird ways.  Friday night, I played a gig in a cold room, with my Mac right near an air conditioning vent.  Same problem!  That got me thinking that maybe I'd added stuff along the way, and I needed to bump up my RAM.  
I checked my RAM in the "About this Mac" menu, and it said I only had 512, but I remember buying an extra GB when I purchased the computer.  So...I figured out by swapping the 512 and the GB sticks in and out that my GB had gone bad.  Bummer.  Luckily, I had purchased it from Small Dog Electronics, and the RAM had a 10 year warranty.  I'm swapping that one out!
I was hoping to buy some RAM locally so I could be sure everything worked before Thursday, so I called Onyx Consulting yesterday morning and asked about purchasing the RAM.  Yes, they had it.  Great, I'm on the way.  I drove all the way to Spaghetti Junction, walked in, and the guy refused to sell it to me because he wanted to install it in my computer.  I was not pleased--wouldn't that be pertinent information to convey over the phone before I drove across town?
On the way home, I called Small Dog again and had them overnight me a GB of RAM.  It was here before 9 AM.  The other GB (that I am swapping for my bad RAM) should be here by Friday.  Then my Powerbook will be all full.  Sweet.
So...I'm still pretty pissed about it.  I ask that you avoid Onyx Consulting for Mac stuff.  Deal with Small Dog Electronics instead.  They are awesome!

In an unrelated note:  the blog that mentions the sunglasses got me free shipping on said sunglasses.  That is why.