Did I hear neebodee say "RADIO SHACK TUNER CLEANER" ?? http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103700&cp=&sr=1&origk w=contact+cleaner&kw=contact+cleaner&parentPage=search
...trashing the environment becomes a tugga war between throwing the device away or using the toxic goop to fixit!! http://rsk.imageg.net/graphics/uc/rsk/Support/MSDS/6404315A_MSDS.pdf -----Original Message----- From: Richard P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:41 PM Subject: Re: Connectors Sounds like good advice, especially for troubleshooting. I wonder how many cable/components have been replaced along the way that might have been saved by "wiping" the contacts" as you did. Richard P. > I want to pass on a helpful hint that I uncovered recently. My > external FireWire/USB hard drive was acting up a bit. Sometimes it > would not appear on the desktop, or would have problems writing or > accessing files. At first I thought the drive was dying, so I hooked > it up to the computer using its secondary USB connector, and all > worked just fine. > > At this point I was thinking that perhaps my FireWire port on either > the computer or on the drive was going bad. I unplugged the connector > from the computer and then plugged and unplugged it a few times before > plugging it back in. I was thinking back to my old audio engineering > days and remembering how sometimes a connector might lose good contact > due to corrosion or dirt. As it turned out, that is what the problem > was. All works just fine once again. > > As in my past audio experience, it is useful to occasionally unplug > and re-plug connectors in order to renew good connections, especially > with very low current protocols such as USB or FireWire, and when the > connections are not particularly tight in the first place because the > connector is designed to be easy to plug and unplug. > > Steve > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
