24 Jan
2006
24 Jan
'06
11:02 a.m.
At 01:15 AM 1/24/2006, Gooijen, Henk wrote:
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. :-)
What failed chip? All the RAMs were good...
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 ... ;-)
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.
Err, when you know the replacement part is good, when you know the
replacement part is directly equivalent to the old part, and when the old
part cannot be repaired?
-tony