23 Jul
2004
23 Jul
'04
6:44 p.m.
Scott Stevens wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:56:08 +0100
Philip Pemberton <philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>Painful experience?
>Another one - EPROMs that have been installed in the socket backwards
>in a device that posesses a very big PSU tend to glow white-hot then
>die.
But not always! I did this once, saw the bright glow and resignedly went
to burn a new EPROM. Just for laughs, I later tried to erase the
"burnt-out" part and to my surprise it was still functional and
subsequently served the project well. I should have noted the
manufacturer ;-)
-- HansP