According to this LEM page, unless you are installing 17MB, you should be putting the larger sized SIMMs into Bank A, with the smaller sized SIMMs into Bank B.
However, when I put four 16MB SIMMs into Bank A, and nothing in Bank B, I get death chimes and a crazy display. But if then put 4...
I've been testing my inventory of 1MB RAM SIMMs using my Mac SE Reloaded machine, and with one particular set of SIMMs, I get a Sad Mac at cold boot showing these 2 lines:
00000004 <— "Bank A"
00004000 <— Failed bits...
AABBCCDD
AA = bits 31-24
BB = bits 23-16
CC = bits 15-8
DD = bits 7-0...