On 12/25/02 00:13, Pam R wrote:
On Tuesday 24 December 2002 22:35, Net Llama! wrote:
On 12/24/02 08:56, Jerry McBride wrote:
[snip]
> Turn off box, remove cover, unplug video card, run pencil eraser across
> card
I hope you don't mean the eraser. That's the best way to completely
wreck all the sockets. Its the graphite in the pencil itself that you
want.
Surey not. Graphite is conductive so running a pencil lead across the contacts
could short them together to some degree.
Graphite is an insulator, not a conductor. Pencil eraser is also an
insulator, however it has a significantly lower flash point than
graphite, and will most likely catch on fire when current attempts to
pass through it.
Cleaning socket contacts is much more problematical 'cause they are so close
together there's a real danger of distorting them. Probably the best thing to
do is to just remove the card and blow (or suck?) out any dust that may have
accumulated in the socket block.
Quite true.
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