Jeff Walther wrote: >>Someone here was adventurous enough to attempt it - he found SDRAM's slots >>alignment a few millimeters off-center with the DIMM sockets. He took a >>small rounded file to give extra clearance. When he powered on the DIMMs >>started smoking and ruined the motherboard at the same time. > >The fellow who tried that experiment, did he do that in a 4400? I've >got a 9600 board here which someone did something similar to, and the >DIMM socket in question in burnt. I'm not sure if the memory >controller is history as well. Hopefully it would just kill the >D-Path controller and not the Hammerhead. > >Jeff Walther
Yes on his 4400 and didn't figure out if those chips were damaged. I'm playing safe on mine by ordering the right memory from OWC. Charlie -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
