On 15/01/2013 16:50, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I've collected answers and suggestions and I'm going to try them, but I wanted
> t
> o ask here, in case some member had similar trouble and found a solution.
> The funniest advice is to blow your hair dryer onto the memory slots for some
> mi
> nutes :-D and it seems the best working, but it's usually just a temporary
> fix.
>
> I hope for some magic or voodoo now. :-)
> It would be a waste throwing this beautiful machine into the bin.
>
> TIA,
> Valter
If it is a crack or a split in the solder contacts of the memory slots
or even the controller it is possible with sufficient targeted heat to
reflow the solder and eliminate the problem. I did a liitle of that some
years ago with a hot air rework station but it only produced a permanent fix
in around fifty percent of cases. Always worth a try though - the last one I
did was a G5 iMac 17" with artifacting graphics from the non removable
GeForce 5200 card - fixed that.......I imagine an ailing solder joint
generates heat which contributes to it's failure - don't know for certain
though..........still have the station - I seem incapable of getting rid of
anything for which I might have the remotest chance of using during the next
thousand years.
Pete
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