Re: Apple //c Sporadically Crashing into the Monitor

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Bill Garber wrote:

>It could be that the RAM expansion cards pins has
>deformed the sockets in which the CPU and MMU have
>to return to. What you can do is replace the sockets
>one at a time in the motherboard, if you have the skills,
>and see if this remedies the situation.

I agree that deformation of the sockets is the most likely cause.

If you'd like to avoid the tricky desoldering job, though, you can
simply "piggyback" your CPU and IOU chips on two 40-pin
machined pin sockets, which will plug securely into the
main board sockets.

You must use _machined pin_ sockets for this to work.
They cost a little more (a buck or two) but this is a much
safer repair than desoldering unless you have special tools
and some experience.

-michael

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