Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!reed!kamath
From: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: //e RAM
Keywords: RAM,dead,ugh!
Message-ID: <10521@reed.UUCP>
Date: 5 Oct 88 18:17:12 GMT
References: <849@koko.UUCP> <10468@reed.UUCP> <251@studsys.mu.edu>
Reply-To: kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
Lines: 32

In article <251@studsys.mu.edu> jetzer@studsys.mu.edu (jetzer) writes:
>In article <10468@reed.UUCP>, I say:
>> Let's here it for soldering in *RAM*.  Of all the boneheaded things to do.
>> Are you *sure* the RAM is soldered in?  I really can't believe it!  Sheeesh.
>
>So, if you're somewhat hesitant about unsoldering the RAM, try to piggy-back
>it.
>
>-- 
>Mike Jetzer
>"Hack first, ask questions later."

I suggest that you not even bother trying to *ever* unsolder a ram chip!
You will almost gaurenteed screw up the motherboard.  Instead, cut the leg's
off the chip.  We did mac upgrades this way.  Yea, we toasted a *lot* of
good RAM's, but it beat wasting the whole board.

Once you cut the leg's off, you can pull out the pins really easily, and
then use a solder sucker to pull the solder out of the hole.

If I had one of those boneheaded machines, I cut out all the ram and put in
sockets.

I just can't believe it. . .

Sean Kamath

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