11 Jul
2000
11 Jul
'00
2:56 a.m.
At 06:19 PM 7/10/00 -0400, Carlos wrote:
By the way, this weekend
my I/O ROM started to go flaky; on power up, it reports an error 112,
which is a checksum failure. I remember that this happened before and
reseating fixed it, but I haven't had luck this time. I tried other
slots in the ROM drawer too. Guess I need to pry open the ROM capsule
and have a look. This is weird, because both the pin and the through-hole
that make the contacts are gold-plated; they were made to last. I am
afraid that this is a case of bit rot :-( .
Carlos,
Keep me posted about what you find. I've only seen bit rot in the HP
41 plus in ROMs. I've never seen it in other HP machines.
Joe