🚀 go-pugleaf

Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
wrote:
> jag <jag@hltpubs.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> [snip]
> > I had assumed it wasn't hw related because the Q840 was booting fine from
> > CD and under Sys 7.5.5, however, I followed Alan's suggestion, opened the
> > case, tried the SIMMS which seemed firmly seated anyway,
> 
> This isn't conclusive - the contacts (if not gold) will tarnish over
> time, and that can make for a poor electrical contact.  It doesn't take
> much movement to destroy a thin film of tarnish, and that's often all it
> takes.  It's not a bad idea (if you get this problem again) to take the
> SIMMs out (one at a time, taking static precautions), and clean the SIMM
> and socket contacts with switch cleaner.
                           ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
Or a rubber.
- the little ones on the end of pencils are good, but the gritty
ones for rubbing out ink are better. :-)

rgds, Alan