Pam R - My recollection is like yours - we didn't use the eraser to get conductivity - we used it to clean the contacts. Our equipment operated in environments which caused silver sulfide to form. Graphite is a conductor and can short things out!
> > Surey not. Graphite is conductive so running a pencil lead across the > contacts could short them together to some degree. > > On the other hand, a pencil eraser is a good tool for removing any crud > from card contacts, just be sure to use a soft one and to thoroughly clean > off the dust afterwards. > > 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. > > Pam R -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
