Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Pam R]

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.

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
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