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Ben Siegrist wrote:

> The stress of adding memory, because the sdram sockets are so tight, appears
> to have caused this failure  (probably stress cracks in the traces).  This
> means to upgrade memory we will need to remove the motherboard.  Some from
> the build team swear this is only a coincidence as memory has been installed
> this way before...perhaps:-\

> Anyway, i'll pass our solution to Tech Support, maybe they can convince
> Pcchips to use different memory sockets.  Somehow i doubt that though...

It may be that the memory sockets are not the problem, but a faulty MB
manufacturing process which, when combined with the pressure required to
install SIMMs (or even worse, DIMMs), causes enough damage *to the
motherboard* to render a system unusable.

If this is the case, then it is a fault with the quality control of the
MB manufacturer. My suggestion would be to use a differnt model
motherboard, if not a different manufacturer. MBs that are in their
first revision (I don't know if this is the case with the ones you are
using) often have inherent design problems like this, whereas 3rd- and
later generation MBs usually have most of these faults worked out.

I made the mistake of buying an ASUS VX97 in first revision, and I have
hed every problem in the book. As it turns out, after a few BIOS
flashes, all but 2 problems were solved - one was something I did wrong,
adn another was solved with the advice of an ASUS technician and very
cautious use of a soldering iron.

Paul