I did the same thing almost without thinking. The old army way:

"If it won't fit, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway".

I have had no problems although it is a tight fit but workable.

Byron

on 6/23/03 1:48 AM, PaulKurtz III at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I took the direct approach and cut off the finger guard with wire cutters.
> 
> Just make sure the RAM doesn't hit the fan.
> 
> :)
> 
> Paul
> 
> On 6/23/03 1:35 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 6/22/03 9:59:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> 
>> <<
>> What exactly do you mean by finger guard (I don't have the mac
>> in front of me)?  The covering to the fan?
>>>> 
>> 
>> Yes, precisely. It is built into the case, not into the power supply.
>> 
>> For the G3 DT, Apple simply reused the "7500 Case" part, rather than
>> redesigning it.
>> 
>> As a consequence, no allowance was made for SDRAM in the neighborhood of that
>> finger guard.
>> 
>> Obviously, there was no RAM sticks in that area on the predecessor machines.
> 


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