Re: Avoid Arminius repairs

[grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)]

>>board having many microfractures, and also said "You don't use a soldering
>>iron on a multi-layered board."  I personally thought this was strange,
>
>And you're right.  What are you supposed to use?  We use soldering irons
>and heat guns all the time on multilayer boards with no problem.  The
>microfractures suggest your iron may have been to hot or you have a
>very shaky hand, but that is still tough to do.  You said you did get it
>working, though, what was the problem & how did you eventually fix it?

I think I just compunded a problem that already existed in the board
itself (hence the erratic behavior in my GS).  It would do strange things
like read rapid pessing of the Apple & Option keys (though they were not
being pressed), even with the keyboard and all peripheral cards unplugged,
and it would currupt ORCA files when I tried to edit them, and other
erratic behavior.  It got worse and more common as time went on.

I would like to point out that I have done lots of hacking on my Apple
equipment (for example, I completely took apart my RAM card and put
sockets under all the chips. I still use the same RAM chips today) 
and I have never had a problem before.  

I "solved" the problem by buying a new (used) GS from Shreve Systems.
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Grover Thomas       grover@emunix.emich.edu   (Nifty qoutes currently down)