At 02:45 AM -0500 11/18/2005, Charles Martin wrote:
I have yet to see RAM chips "go bad" unless obvious abuse (such as handling them while rubbing one's feet on the carpet, or soaking them in liquid et al) is indicated.
um... Soaking them in liquid? (wondering what caused that brain bend) Is that like putting oatmeal in your vcr? Feels like there's an actual tech support experience there, Chas! Was it soda or pine sol? :)
Back in the stone age, when we used VAXes and terminals, I once got called to an Angry Manager's office, three buildings away, because his terminal was down. Turned out the original problem was that it was turned off. But then after he spilled coffee into the keyboard, he turned it on...
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