On (23 Aug 97) Mark Kukla wrote to Richard St. John...
 MK> *** Quoting Richard St. John from a message to Mark Kukla ***
RSJ> Interesting, one thing it could be, and we just had one happen at my
RSJ> company, is the simm sockets could be bad, or be making an improper
RSJ> connection. We had a compaq deskpro 4000 that was flaky, finally we
RSJ> decided to tear it apart and found a crack in one of the simm socket
RSJ> wires leading to the motherboard.
 MK>      Well Richard... I (along with the help of others) traced the 
roblem
 MK> to the system CACHE... as it is a chip (like a simm) that plugs in... 
I'm
 MK> in the process of having it replaced, however, I hope that's the problem
 MK> and not the actual cache socket... for if it's the cache socket, that
 MK> means having to take my BBS down and getting my motherboard replaced...
No! a _GOOD_ repair tek can fix the bad dip socket within 10 minutes, the 
dip socket it self is about 98 cents in a blister package (Radio Shack) but 
much cheaper if you buy a hundred (20 ccents each) and any good shop would 
not be buying retail.
Gordon
... 90% of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.
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