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Mikka wrote

>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.
>
Hello,

I have recollection of two other manufacturers who's policy was to remove
the motherboard to upgrade memory on specific machines.  Packard Bell was
one, the other Compaq.  I think IBM had a few too.

This was specific to certain machines and due to the stress.  We had several
(5 or 6) Compaq's which mysteriously broke after memory upgrades before we
got the tech bulletin.

BTW - this is the second rev (1.5), the first was rev 1.3...and the newest
(third) rev (??) is already at the distributors.  All in the space of about
8 months.


Thanks to all,

Ben Siegrist
B&H Computers
ben@bhcomp.com