Mark Gerber wrote:
There was a time (Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 6:30 PM) when Philip Stortz said this thing:
before giving up on the ram, it's worth cleaning the contacts. use a
clean pencil eraser
(pen erasers are too abrasive) and polish the contacts until they are
shiny, on an
antistatic surface like a wooden table or newspaper, and not in a room
with carpet!. you'll have to blow off the eraser crumbs, the eraser can be cleaned
using a piece of
clean paper as needed. this is often a problem with ram that's been in
for several years,
particularly in humid areas,.
The erase-to-polish tip is a one I've never heard before. I'll try it first thing tomorrow morning and hope for the best. I'm in the Northeast so I think that qualifies as a humid area.
That's an old trick I used to use on my original Nintendo cartridges when they would act flaky. Always worked pretty well. Never used one of those fancy cleaning kits. (yeah, I'm an old fart.....)
John
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