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Article #1554Re: RS-232 connector flame! Manufacturers, listen up!
From: thompson
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1986 18:59
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1986 18:59
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I ran into this problem too, and I thought A-ha they weren't
tight enough so I took my little socket driver and started
tighting the little..., nope, they just started breaking off
(about 1 in ten would break off). I know some people might think
that I was applying too much torque and they are right, but I
wasn't applying an unreasonable amount of torque, it's just that
the little... are made of a soft metal and break off at the
base. What is worse is that the only way to install a new one on
some boards is to drill out the thing, not an appealing approach.
--
Michael A. Thompson, Dept. Math, Stats, & C.S., Dalhousie U., Halifax, N.S.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utcsri!utegc!utai!garfield!dalcs!thompson From: thompson@dalcs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.periphs Subject: Re: RS-232 connector flame! Manufacturers, listen up! Message-ID: <2256@dalcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 13:59:58 EST Article-I.D.: dalcs.2256 Posted: Wed Dec 17 13:59:58 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 01:35:52 EST References: <2539@phri.UUCP> Reply-To: thompson@dalcs.UUCP (Michael A. Thompson) Distribution: world Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada Lines: 17