I Deserved A Break ;-)
Charlie L.
Fixed this lil Compaq wiff a #2 lead pencil eraser. ;-)
Cleaned contacts on memory stick and re-seated it 'nd awwwwwwwwyyy she
went.
Virus 'nd other shite free too. All updates on it. just nice simple
little pretty well cared for computer.
http://the-old-gnu-zoo.org/photos/sweet_n_simple.jpg
Couldn't been no damn meteoroids Monday night. It was too thick cloudy.
CC
mgh
"Charlie L." <c...@chronocidal-charlie.me> wrote in message
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LOL!
Yea.
One night I came upon a man searching the gutter.
I stopped and asked if I could help.
He said he had lost his keys.
I asked where he had seen them last.
He said "over there" and pointed down the block.
I asked him why he wasn't looking over there.
He said he could see better under the streetlight.
I think you know this man...
:)'
peace
mgh
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/03_04/meteorREX2603_468x551.jpg
I tried to get the ascii code in this post but it didn't wrap.
http://mikehammett.com/images/mgh/asciimeteor.jpg
http://www.glassgiant.com/ascii/ Another ascii art generator...
HankVC
Charlie L. <c...@chronocidal-charlie.me> wrote:
>After that HP.
>
>Fixed this lil Compaq wiff a #2 lead pencil eraser. ;-)
>
>Cleaned contacts on memory stick and re-seated it 'nd awwwwwwwwyyy she
>went.
>
done around here. For one thing, it's rough on the contacts---removes
material. For another, a pencil eraser leaves rubber bits embedded in
the contacts---quite visible under magnification, and a setup for
later trouble.
Best bet is to use Caig Deoxit on those fingers. It's both
"manufacturers' recommendation" and stuff that just plain works. More
importantly, it cleans the socket fingers---which is half the battle.
Alternative that works rather well, if you don't have Deoxit
available, is plain household ammonia applied straight with a Q-tip.
Ammonia gives a good chemical clean, then evaporates, and any water
also evaporates, for a no-residue result.
Hank
Charlie L.
> In article<he25mo$a2l$1...@aioe.org>,
> Charlie L.<c...@chronocidal-charlie.me> wrote:
>> After that HP.
>>
>> Fixed this lil Compaq wiff a #2 lead pencil eraser. ;-)
>>
>> Cleaned contacts on memory stick and re-seated it 'nd awwwwwwwwyyy she
>> went.
>>
> Cleaned contacts by mechanical buffing (with a pencil eraser)? Not
> done around here.
How great thou are.
CC
mgh
"HankVC" <han...@julie.lostwells.net> wrote in message
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Thanks Hank.
Amazes me ho much I don't know...that I don't even know that I don't know.
I attempted to solder a power supply connection on one of my notebooks last
week...without taking it completely apart, and with a soldering iron that
was missing the tip. Hand fashioned one out of a nail and some wire. What
fun. I quit when the solder started rolling down into the guts of the
machine! :)
peace
mgh
Charlie L.
Well, here's another side of the story that with my, some, sheesh, I
dunno, maybe half a life time, on and off as an electronics technician,
in various areas of electronics, hands on, *experience* I tend to concur
with. ;-)
Of course not knowing the type of solder you were attempting to use,
acid core, resin core, solid wire, what metallic content i. e. tin, led,
silver or various other combination's, plus your description of the
tools leaves me kind of aghast, except in dire situations like in middle
of a mud puddle or ditch, or out in a gale or monsoon and making do with
anything at hand, to accomplish a mission, because *lives* were
depending on your gitten-it-done, one makes do with available resources.
Oh, the other story. This fellow and prolly several other tousan or so,
*real* electronics technicians will prolly echo same. Seems elbow
grease, some kind of fine abrasive material, rather than chemical,
applied with TLC is still the most preferred method. But, I'm sure there
are experts and theorists who will insist on rebutting the experience. ;-)
http://www.robotroom.com/PCBTarnishEraser.html
CC