Good to know. I'll try it and check to see if any ROM pins are bent. That's been a real big problem in any board using plastic retainers for the ROM/RAM.
Bit of trivia...The warranty for the MoBo expired in 99. I kinda wander what the warranty covered and whether it was a pro-rated replacement or other details. Jack On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 08:24 PM, Gamba wrote: >> That's what I thought. Thanks for the link, but I've been to it to >> give me the idea about the ROM/RAM. >> >> Jack > > There's one trick that has been known to work that isn't mentioned on > that > website. > Here goes: > Take about a 3 inch long piece of Scotch tape and use it to pull the > ROM > SIMM farther towards the vertical. One end of the tape attaches to top > of > SIMM and other end attaches to nearest edge of logic card. iow, pull it > tight so that the SIMM is pulled farther vertically into its socket > than > what the socket does by itself. > This has worked for at least 3 listmembers that I know of. > Not elegant, but it's cheap, requires no solder repaiir skills, and in > the > case of one my SE/30's, lasted years, to this day. > > The next most often trouble seems to be the caps that I mentioned > before. > > Gamba > <http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2> > > > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> > --> 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/ > compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
