Re: A tale of a chip and a socket

2016-04-09 Thread John Robertson
On 04/09/2016 5:29 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > From: Torfinn Ingolfsen > Most likely a bad solder joint. That was my first thought, and so I carefully inspected all the pins, but they all looked good to me. But I suppose it might have been something that wasn't visually obvious.

Re: A tale of a chip and a socket

2016-04-09 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Torfinn Ingolfsen > Most likely a bad solder joint. That was my first thought, and so I carefully inspected all the pins, but they all looked good to me. But I suppose it might have been something that wasn't visually obvious. Noel

Re: A tale of a chip and a socket

2016-04-09 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 11:19 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: > So I just had the incredibly amusing experience of managing to repair an > -11/04 CPU by un-soldering a chip, putting in a socket, and putting _the same > chip_ back in that socket! > > Before you go 'WTF?!?!', let

A tale of a chip and a socket

2016-04-08 Thread Noel Chiappa
So I just had the incredibly amusing experience of managing to repair an -11/04 CPU by un-soldering a chip, putting in a socket, and putting _the same chip_ back in that socket! Before you go 'WTF?!?!', let me explain what happened. The CPU wouldn't run, and in poking around, I stumbled on the