26 Apr
2014
26 Apr
'14
12:49 p.m.
On 04/26/2014 12:06 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
Another thing that's always worth doing,
particularly if the sockets are
cheap formed-contact ones. Most of the time if I get problems with those
3(like researign ICs gets it going again) I replace the lot with
turned-pin (machined pin). They;re cheaoper than the frustration of having
intermittant faults...
One source of frustration with the old Overland auto-loaders is that
they're basically a plastic drive, with bits of metal tacked on. I
don't know what the plastic used for the chassis is (probably ABS), but
it's at an age where it's getting brittle, which is one reason that I
don't use my drive much.
Handling care is indicated.
--Chuck