[rescue] replacing an Ultra2

Charles Shannon Hendrix shannon at widomaker.com
Thu Apr 26 19:44:29 CDT 2007


Tue, 24 Apr 2007 @ 14:37 -0400, Phil Stracchino said:

> I had a few EISA cards that wouldn't seat without using levels of
> force I was unwilling to use, until I beveled the edges of the
> card-edge connector with fine wet-or-dry paper.

Yeah, that happens now and then.

EISA was infamous for being like that.  Not sure exaclty why.

I remember pushing a card in a DEC 10 years ago, and it was scary
because the backplane board was starting to bend.

I just don't like having to do that, even if the boards are strong.

-- 
shannon           | We are all of us in the gutter, some of us looking at the 
                  | stars.  
                  |         -- Oscar Wilde



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