wagner@cadillac.siemens.com (Michael Wagner) (03/27/90)
What are people's preferred ways of removing SIMM boards from Suns? I've had no end of problems trying to remove these things. The 1MB boards were possible using a pair of needle nose pliers and a little holy water in the hopes you don't crack one, but I can't figure out how to grab a 4MB board. Are there tools one could buy to make this easier? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Michael Wagner Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. Princeton, NJ 08540 wagner@cadillac.siemens.com
larrys@uunet.uu.net (03/29/90)
In article <6097@brazos.Rice.edu> wagner@cadillac.siemens.com (Michael Wagner) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 99, message 2 > >What are people's preferred ways of removing SIMM boards from Suns? I've Over here we use a sharp pointed tool whose shaft is about 1/8 inch in cross section and which has a right angle bend about 5/8 inch from the pointed end. Insert the point into the hole in either end of the SIMM and gently pry out. It is preferred that you have some sort of way to grab firmly on to the shaft so as to turn the shaft and swing the pointed end around, because of the clearance problem. Do this gentle prying on each end, then pull the SIMM out. We have performed this action hundreds of times with no failures.