27 Nov
2001
27 Nov
'01
4:07 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
It could be that it was bent under, still in contact with the socket's
contact, and due to moisture/thermal stresses, the weakened metal
eventually broke. The other half of the lead wasn't in the socket, so this
seems to be a likely scenario.
-Toth
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Tothwolf wrote:
I've seen this more than a few times myself, even on modern computer
boards...
> > > > 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.