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From: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: XT Problems
Message-ID: <2625@tekgvs.TEK.COM>
Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 21:13:25 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  1 21:13:25 1987
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Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson)
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In article <8899@ut-sally.UUCP> nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes:
>...I removed the connectors to the hard disk and cleaned
>all the contacts, which looked a bit scuzzy to me.  I used a rubber eraser
>till they appeared shiny again.  When I re-connected them everything worked
>and has been working ever since.  I don't *know* if it's the same thing, but
>it might be worth a try ...
>
PLEASE remember to us a "pencil" erase and not an "ink" eraser: the
gold in them thar' contacts ain't very thick and you want to make
sure that all you remove is _scuz_ !

keith