🚀 go-pugleaf

>> Because you somehow felt that I was responsible for you dropping the
>> SIMMS I sold you, and then you felt compelled to post this, you may take 
>> your SIMMS, and call Microtech and get your own replacements.
>> My schedule doesn't always conform to yours, however, I was still willing
>> to send your chips that YOU DROPPED back to the manufacturer at my expense.

I came in a little late on this thread and didn't see the original posts, but from 
what I gleaned from the articles I did read, the buyer dropped some SIMMs, later reported
them not working and the seller is not refunding the money (or making good some other
way) because he blamed the buyer for dropping the SIMMs.

Is this an accurate assessment of the problem?

I doubt very seriously that dropping a SIMM will break it in any way. The only way they
can be broken by dropping them is to have them dropped with such force to either break
the circuit board or to break a trace on the SIMM board - both of which can be easily
found with a magnifying glass.  Given the light weight of a SIMM, the durability of them,
and a supposition that they were only dropped 3-4' (I assumed the person dropped them 
to the floor while holding them, so I chose an average height of 3-4'), I believe the
probabily of the chips being damaged by the fall to be VERY LOW, and it is much higher
that the SIMMs were either damaged being removed from the working equipment, damaged
while installing them in the new equipment, or damaged by not taking proper ESD
precautions when handling the SIMMs.

Note that I do not know either the buyer or the seller in this arrangement so I have
no vested interest. However, the buyer's contention that the SIMMs were damaged from
the fall just seems ludicrous at best.

Of course, this is just my opinion...  *smile*
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