[rescue] Re: I joined the SGI cult... Zeitnet anyone?

[Dave McGuire]

On February 4, Joshua Johnston wrote:
> I don't know the technical reasons why the corrode off the top of my
> head, but I do recall that being one of the few "Hey, I didn't know
> that." Bits from my A+ study guide last year.  Something to do with the
> electricity causing some kind of reaction between the metals or some
> stuff like that.  If the tin's on the motherboard side, I'd play it
> safe.  If on the RAM, well... depends on the price of replacing it in
> five or ten years, which I'd guess people on -this- list might actually
> care to think about.

  Well...dissimilar metals in contact corrode.  That's a fact of
life.  But the question is how quickly.

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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