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In article <70rqrh$b51@watt.cs.unc.edu>,
  Carl Mueller <mueller@eat.spam> wrote:
> "Ben Siegrist" <ben@bhcomp.com> wrote:
> >[...] The
> >solution we found is to add the memory before installing the motherboard.
> >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.
>
> I hate DIMMs for this reason.
>
> I do have some solutions, though.
>
> One is to place something such as a pencil under the DIMM socket.
> The object just needs to fill the space between the motherboard
> and the bottom of the case.  You can then insert the DIMM without
> bending the motherboard.  Then remove the pencil (or if you find
> a nice non-conductive spacer that won't rattle around, you can
> leave it in).
>
> Another thing I noticed is that virgin DIMM sockets are the
> hardest to push a DIMM into.  After you've inserted a DIMM into a
> socket once, it gets easier to do so in the future.  So something
> you might try with a new board is (with the board not yet
> installed) shoving a DIMM into each socket once to loosen them
> up before setting up the final memory configuration.
>
> Excellent advice!  Would be a good procedure with any hard-to-insert cards or
devices, such as AGP cards.

I would really hate to have to strip and remove my motherboard every time I
wanted to change a DIMM or Accessory card.  This might not be much of an issue
for a user who generally buys a system and uses it for its entire useful life
with maybe one memory upgrade.  For geeks like me, who are always changing
things about, it would be intolerable.

Bob W

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