kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 48, Issue 5

[Brian Wootton]

> On Thursday 01 January 2009, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>   
>> On Thursday 01 January 2009, Steven Vollom wrote:
>>     
>>> I will use alcohol unless you again reply.
>>>       
>> You might do better with a soft pencil eraser.
>>     
>
> No!  Not no, but hell no!  Dry, the eraser can and will generate local static 
> charges of several thousand volts, further damaging the memory.  Simply 
> exercising the memory out of the socket and back in should take care of the 
> problem if indeed that is it.
>
> My experience comes from nearly 60 of my 74 years, chasing electrons for a 
> living.  I am a C.E.T. since 1972, and a broadcast engineer since 1964, and 
> have been making a living fixing electronics since about 1949.
>
> Yeah, now I'm a genuine old fart. :) Almost retired for several years, CE at 
> WDTV-5 from 1984 to mid 2002, and my phone still rings when TSHTF.  I'll 
> likely never be more than 'almost' retired till I fall over for good.  I have 
> no intention of doing that, but I'm also diabetic, which says I'm at a high 
> risk.
>
>   

Oh dear, I've had disasters with cleaning fluids!  and have fixed many 
intermittent faults with a rubber, so I guess
you pays your money and takes your pick Bruce. I'm also 74 and diabetic 
but I haven't the steam left for any ding-dongs,
though I still use a soldering iron.
brian