Via chipset KT133 and system instability

[Keith Antoine]

At 03:59 PM 25/12/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>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.

I have for years used, that which we used to use in the labs, which is 
pharmaceutical alcohol.

Keith Antoine