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From: twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SIMM vendors
Message-ID: <430098@hpcea.CE.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Apr 89 22:55:30 GMT
References: <98403@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: HP Corporate Engineering - Palo Alto, CA
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Sam, If you value your SIMM sockets, stay away from MacProduct's SIMMs!!!!

I purchased 2 SIMMs from MacProducts at SF MacWorld. They had the best price.

The chips are duel inline packages with the pins running through the SIMM
board and soldered on the bottom side.  The problem is that the lowest
row of pins stick down low enough below the SIMM board to cause interference
with the lip of the SIMM socket.

If you have not seen one, the SIMM socket is long, slim and holds a SIMM
at about a 45 deg angle. The pins are little wires that look reminescent
of JAWS and clamp down on both sides of the SIMM. The SIMM is located in the
socket by 2 posts near each side of the socket that fit into holes on the
SIMM. There is an arm on each side of the SIMM that locks the SIMM down
into the socket and causes the JAWS pins to clamp down on the SIMM & make
a connection.

Now what is common with MacProduct's SIMMs is that the lowest row of pins
interfers with the lip of the socket, and you may not be able to press the
SIMM down enough for the locking arms of the socket to lock the SIMM into
place. Almost, but not quite. Just a little mpre pressure results in a
broken socket arm :^(

I had this happen to me recently, & made an inquiry to the net. I recieved
several mail replies from MacProduct's home turf area saying that they are
a very low quality slip-shod orginization {Their opinions, I'm just passing
them on}.

MacProducts will replace a broken SIMM socket for $50 & you pay shipping
both ways.

If I purchase another 2 Meg, I will NOT go back to MacProducts but will
probably purchase from a well known low cost supplier like Dove.

Just a very dissatisfied MacProducts ex-customer

TeriAnn