Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!mitel!testeng1!stanfiel From: stanfiel@testeng1.misemi (Chris Stanfield) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Dilemma: Should I do it myself? Message-ID: <6020@testeng1.misemi> Date: 14 Jan 91 15:00:56 GMT References: <41382@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <42473@ut-emx.uucp> Reply-To: stanfiel@testeng1.UUCP () Organization: Mitel CAE Services Lines: 20 In article <42473@ut-emx.uucp> stanman@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Stan Twiefel) writes: >It is my understanding that you have to cut a resistor on the mother >board when you do a memory upgrade, so that the Mac knows how much >memory you have. Therefore, when you remove the memory that you >installed, you will have to solder the resistor back for the machine to >be operational with the smaller amount of memory again. I'm afraid that >this would be to obvious to get past the service people. Anyone who is any good with a soldering iron should be able to do this in such a manner that no Apple service tech. would be able to tell the difference. It does not take terribly sophisticated tools (soldering iron, solder sucker, small pliers and cutters). I would be quite confidebt that I could do it - I have done much more difficult repaire, and I make my living with a keyboard most of the time, with only rare excursions into the hardware these days. I have all the tools in my basement. Chris Stanfield, Mitel Corporation: E-mail to:- uunet!mitel!testeng1!stanfiel (613) 592 2122 Ext.4960 We do not inherit the world from our parents - we borrow it from our children.