Buyer beware on Ebay. Apple // stuff is getting harder to find as most of it is in the landfills of America
> ---------- > From: KL�S[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: Apple2list > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:31 AM > To: Apple2list > Subject: Re: Bad RAM Upgrade? > > Ditto on the soldering solution...I purchased an A&E RAMWorks II card on > eBay that went thru the seller's "tech" guy who supposedly tested the > equipment he sold....when I tested it the test program told me I had a bad > RAM chip; swapping the "bad" chip for a good one resulted in the same > result. So I looked closely at the PC board and found much to my > amazement > that the IC socket of the "bad" chip actually had one of its pins folded > under itself and NOT thru the PC board hole! That board had obviously > NEVER > been totally functional and who knows how many folks had owned it before > it > got to me.....I replaced the socket, popped the chip back in and voila > totally functional! > > Just goes to prove anything is possible...you may want to re-do every one > of > the solder connections on the board. > > Dino KL0S/4 > > > -- > Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
