At 01:15 AM 1/24/2006, Gooijen, Henk wrote:
Tony Duell
wrote:
And the board basically worked. The display at boot-up was sane.
Suspecting a RAM problem, I put in a complete new set of
4164s -- no change.
Hmmm, sounds like swapping to me ... ;-)
I know, I know! And I was a bit disappointed that he didn't grind
down the top of the failed chip to do a proper repair. :-)
Of course, he can regain the extra point by giving an explanation
of why swapping a chip is allowed under the proper interpretation
of the official repair rules.
- John