ti-83 errors
(account deleted) 28 Jan 2021 13:08
so last night i was messing with some variables and i got a "RAM FAIL" message. what does it mean?
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(account deleted) 28 Jan 2021 13:08
Were you doing assembly programming to mess with the variables?
i don't have a ti-83 plus, just a ti-83.
i was messing around with a weird behavior i found. so if i were to type
"Str1Str2Str3on the home screen when none of the string variables are defined and pressed ENTER, then i get a random-looking string of commands and stuff. i discovered that i could add other undefined variables, and that would result in the random string being longer. so a bit later i put a bunch of undefined variables in the string, then i scrolled through the mess, and sometime after the thing looped, i pressed ENTER. what happened was odd. the calculator froze, then the screen went blank with the words "RAM FAIL" displayed.
on a side note: i later found out that pressing the "Y=" button instead of ENTER seems to have a different result. that and where in the mess of commands i press ENTER or "Y=" affects what happens, and if i scroll left after the loop, i can sometimes crash the calculator. twice i got a screen full of charecters i didn't know were in the ti-83, like greek letters, a hash symbol(#), and letters from other languages. too bad it always comes before a freeze
I don't know. I tried to see if my TI-83+ would exhibit any behavior like that, but it doesn't. I also couldn't find anything on that error you got. Also, does your calculator still work after that?
well, the thing with undefined variables started after i crashed my ti-83 while playing with that trick that gets the arrow thing in a string. i tried to get another arrow into Str1 and the calculator threw an UNDEFINED error, but Str1 was already defined, so i pressed the "Y=" button. then the calculator crashed. and if i understand your question, yes, it does. i can do it many times in a row and it would still be fine.
Well, that is pretty interesting, but I'm afraid I can't with certainty explain it. My hypothesis is that altering the character set to include the "arrow thing" in a string didn't work completely and messed up the whole string system, causing a few errors to occur when the calculator worked with certain characters in strings.
interesting theory. if only there was a way to get any character into a string.
I really don't know what is going on. I could not get my Ti-83 plus to exhibit any behavior like that.
A few things you can try
-Download Latest OS
-Clear all Ram
-Reset Calc
Hope you can get it figured out!
i can't do the 1st one, i don't have a connecter cable
and the rest i've done dozens of times.
Ok, one more thing to try. You can try self-test mode. I believe that this will clear either all ram or all memory.
Click [mode] [alpha] [ln] [enter]
It will test the pixels and I believe it will run other tests too
You can. You just need Celtic III and a program I made.
You can get it here on Cemetech. https://www.cemetech.net/downloads/files/2035/x2126
Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.
i don't know if this would help, but the "mess of random-looking commands and other stuff" is this
*row(8▶DecR▶Pθ(Eng(QuadReg IndepntAskprod(fMax(}Scatter▶Dec0pxl-Test(DependAutoprod(randM(³Q₁coshֿ¹(▶DMS8DispGraphDependAutoprod(sinh( xor *row(*row(*row(Clrdrawsinhֿ¹(7sinhֿ¹(For▶DMSafter that last command it "jumps"(for a lack of a better term) to the beginning.
when it loops, then you know that pressing ENTER or "Y=" will start the craziness. if you press a button that takes you to a menu, like PRGM or MODE, then the affect will be different.
And that is a crash.
Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.
Crashes on calculators when something doesn't go right, and have odd results. (like a RAM clear or a sudden turn-off)
Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.
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