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From: marc@Apple.COM (Mark Dawson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SIMM removal tool
Message-ID: <37675@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 8 Jan 90 15:34:14 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <50537@bbn.COM> levin@BBN.COM (Joel B Levin) writes:
>I've opened my SE twice, each time to replace two of the 256K SIMMs
>with 1M SIMMs.  (The first time I had to figure out how.)
>
>I used my two thumbnails as gently as possible to spread the tabs just
>enough to lift the SIMMs forward.  When reinserting the new SIMMs, I
>placed my thumbnails in the same place and slid the SIMMs down between
>them, so that the pressure from them pushed my thumbnails enough to
>open the tabs and let the SIMMs slide in.  (I assume this makes some
>sense to anyone who has replaced SIMMs.)  Was I inviting disaster this
>way, using no particular tool?
>

Not necessarily--I just mentioned the SIMM removal tool because it reduces the
risk of breaking a SIMM socket (thus needing to replace the logic board--i.e.
$$) plus it makes removing them a lot faster.  I never did break a SIMM socket
using my fingernails (though I did go through a lot of fingernails).  I saw
a post recently saying someone uses sometype of jewelers tool and claimed to
get the same kind of removal speed that I claimed the SIMM removal tool had (
though I doubt it would reduce the breakage of sockets as well as the SIMM tool
).

You can save a lot of money, time, plus get a longer warantee by putting in
SIMMs yourself--BUT you risk breaking the SIMM socket.  If you do this, you'll
need to replace the whole logic board, which will cost WAY more than the $$ you
saved by doing the replacement yourself.  The SIMM tool was designed to help
reduce this breakage problem and speeds up the removals to boot.

--Mark