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From: MARCELO@idunno.princeton.edu (MARCELO)
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Subject: Re: Broken SIMM Socket!!!
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Date: 12 Jul 90 17:52:21 GMT
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In article <26996@netnews.upenn.edu> hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh 
Hodas) writes:
> I just got a call from a friend. Disaster struck when he tried
> to insert a too-thick SIMM in his IIcx, the little doodad on the
> SIMM socket snapped, so there is nothing to hold the SIMM in.

Chances are that the SIMMS will stay in the socket without any problems .. 
It has been my experience that the little snaps are there only to make 
removing the SIMMS a pain in the (fill in your choice of anat) ..

In article <26996@netnews.upenn.edu> hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh 
Hodas) writes:
> Just out of interest, would this have been covered under Applecare
> or would it have been dissallowed as unreasonable abuse?

This depends on the dealer .. Chances are if you bought the machine there 
and you bought AppleCare there then they will replace it under AC .. If 
you bought them somewhere else ... 


     .. Marcelo ..

marcelo@pucc.princeton.edu
marcelo@idunno.princeton.edu

.. I didn't do it ..
.. It wasn't me ..
.. Nobody saw me do it ..
.. Nobody can prove a thing ..