27 Nov
2001
27 Nov
'01
3:07 a.m.
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Tothwolf wrote:
> > > > someone damaged it when installing
the chip. I had never seen a chip with
A likely possibility. I have seen occasional
cases where a chip will work
with a pin bent under making intermittent contact, including one OEM IBM
MDA card!
> > I wonder if it would be worth soldering a
new pin to what's left of that
> > chip's lead? It looked like it had just corroded off, but with no other
> > signs of moisture, I was kinda puzzled.
It is rather unlikely that it would have corroded off, particularly with a
gold or gold plated pin. More likely that it was broken during
installation, and possibly continued to work for a while with the two
broken ends pushing against each other.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com