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Old February 18th 14, 08:21 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Norm X
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Default Fixing inconsistent RAM detection

"Paul" wrote

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But it becomes "habit-forming"
and seemed to be self-defeating in the long term. I've had
car doors freeze, and even inserting the lock de-icer
isn't freeing them up. Something is freezing, which the
liquid isn't touching.

Paul

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I began reseating boards in the era of the PDP8. Very rarely did I find a
chip that needed to be resocketed. IMHO wisdom and good practice evolves
with time. If a pencil eraser was sufficient to abrade gold, it would be
visible. Contrariwise, rubber is easily abraded onto contacts. That is why
good practice is to follow a pencil eraser with a queue tip and neat
isopropyl alcohol. Inspection of the rubber usually displays a black
deposit. Metals diffuse through metals. Base metals oxidize.

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