Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Net Llama!]

On 12/25/02 15:41, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> My understanding that using the pencil eraser was done to clean the 
> contacts, not give it extra conductivity.  We used the eraser on boards 
> that were exposed to chemicals that created Silver sulfide deposits 
> blackening the contacts.
> 
> 
>> from Net Llama!:
>> 
>> [8-<]
>> 
>> " Graphite is an insulator, not a conductor.  Pencil eraser is also an
>> 
>> If we're discussing -electrical- conductivity (there are other
>> kinds:), then, according to
>> 
>> http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/elements/graphite/graphite.htm
>> 
>> 'Graphite is a good conductor of electricity.'

I stand corrected, however i still think its a bad idea to run an eraser 
over the contacts, since pencil erasers are no longer pure rubber, but 
some other composite.

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