Re: Embarrassing!!! But how hard do I have to push??

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From: Nick Bishop
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 07:01

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In article <3a5e63c4@news.iprimus.com.au>,
  "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Adam Sutton <csyas@comp.leeds.ac.uk> wrote
> in message news:Wus76.157$I5.6088@stones...

> > (or the DIMM for that matter)
>
> Yeah, you're not likely to snap them putting them into the socket.
>
> I find it hard to believe that even a real klutz would manage to put
it in
> reversed, but I have seen someone do that with a VGA video connector.
>

Amusing: I've heard of someone reversing a Molex power connection to a
hard drive - he's a big tough Aussie bloke.  Well, the hard drive was
absolutely fried.  Circa 1995.

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