Zip GSX problems, newbie-ish questions

["John King" <joki@eskimo.com>]

First ...... I am experiencing random crashes on a 8 MHz 16 K Zip GSX card.
The CPU socket cable had a broken pin, and I "fixed" it with a wire, but the
system still crashes down to the monitor. I ordered a 40 pin IDC socket
header to make the male end of the cable, I thought I would use an IDE cable
cut at about 6" inches for the female end.  Zip users, what are your
thoughts on this plan? Any serious problems with this?

Second .... I read that some or all Zip cards do not sit down in the edge
connector completely (compared to other cards), and that this my result in
poor connections. The fingers on my card are scratched up to 1/2 way. If
this really does cause problems (in your opinion ), is it feasible to grind
off some board material (assuming no traces are in danger) to make the card
sink further into the edge socket?

Last .... if I manage to get a stable system, would going from 16k to 64k
result in about a 20% boost in performance?



Thanks in advance for your opinions.