[Coco] Coco1 repair parts ?? & Results of Repair!!

[John M. Eicher]

True. However, I have also seen chips physically worked out over years.

You are correct, it is more likely oxidation.

Thanks for the save!

John

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On Behalf Of Arthur Flexser
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco1 repair parts ?? & Results of Repair!!


On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Roger Taylor wrote:

> At 09:11 PM 7/6/2004, you wrote:
> >The first thing I found when I removed the tin shield over the RAM 
> >chips was that all eight chips were barely pressed into their 
> >sockets. Whoever built the thing must have been worried about 
> >pressing down too hard. I can't believe it
> 
> I've reseated lots of DRAM chips over the years that rode out of their
> sockets partially.
> 

More likely, the reseating dislodged oxidation that was interfering with
a
good contact.

Art