SPAM: Re: [SLE] Need help diagnosing hardware problem

James Knott wrote:

Stevens wrote:

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Point is, it ain't dust or corrosion getting into the slot on your m.b. I have used 91% alcohol and, in extreme cases, a soft pencil eraser to clean contacts. All with antistatic precautions, obviously.

Simply moving the board in the slot should clean enough surface area to fix the connection, but the problem will return.

Then there is the problem of crystalline metallic whisker growth that bridges (shorts out) connections, but that's another story.

You might try Stabilant 22. It's an excellent contact enhancer.

ttp://www.posthorn.com/Stab_2.html

Sorry, that should be http://www.posthorn.com/Stab_2.html