On both of my 5370As, the only way to permanently fix socket problems of that type was to replace all the sockets with gold plated, machined pin sockets.
On the 5370, that was easy because the boards have relatively large holes compared to the socket pins, and there is no ground plane, so it was easy to unsolder the pins with the good desoldering tool I have access to at work. Prior to that, I had removed all chips and sprayed the sockets with DeOxIt Gold several times, but the problem always came back pretty quickly. I think it was tin wiskers. Didier > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jürg Kögel > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 4:07 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP 5371A problem > > My 5372A had the same problems. > Error: Contact problems in IC sockets and jumpers Remove IC > and jumpers and put those back. > This solved my problems > > Juerg > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, > go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
