Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Net Llama!]

On 12/25/02 00:13, Pam R wrote:
> 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.

Graphite is an insulator, not a conductor.  Pencil eraser is also an 
insulator, however it has a significantly lower flash point than 
graphite, and will most likely catch on fire when current attempts to 
pass through it.

> 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.

Quite true.

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