22 Jul
2005
22 Jul
'05
9:15 p.m.
From: "Paul Koning" <pkoning at
equallogic.com>
Hi Paul
No, these are made with iron. It clings solidly to
a magnet. The cores are definitely form one of the iron oxides.
These are on plastic and not ceramic packages. Not many materials
cling that well to a magnet, other than iron that I know of.
Dwight
>>>> "Dwight" == Dwight K
Elvey <dwight.elvey at amd.com> writes:
Dwight> ... I have a number of RAM IC that are
Dwight> gradually failing because they have the iron cored pins. I
Dwight> guess these were cheaper ...
Probably not. Chances are the pin is actually made of Kovar or some