hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) (07/12/90)
I just got a call from a friend. Disaster struck when he tried to insert a too-thick SIMM in his IIcx, the little doodad on the SIMM socket snapped, so there is nothing to hold the SIMM in. THe apple dealer wants to swap motherboards at some obscene cost. Has anyone ever kludged a solution to this problem? Failing that does anyone know an outfit that does component level repairs? Just out of interest, would this have been covered under Applecare or would it have been dissallowed as unreasonable abuse? Please reply as soon as possible. Thanks alot, Josh Hodas ------------------------- Josh Hodas (hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) 4223 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-7112 (home) (215) 898-5423 (school office)
russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (07/12/90)
In article <26996@netnews.upenn.edu> hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) writes: > >I just got a call from a friend. Disaster struck when he tried >to insert a too-thick SIMM in his IIcx, the little doodad on the >SIMM socket snapped, so there is nothing to hold the SIMM in. Depending on how badly the thing is broken, this may or may not make a difference. I found when I went to upgrade several Macs from 2 to 4 megs that all of the pieces had been broken off on one bank, yet the SIMMS stayed in. (these macs were desk macs, not ones carried around) > >Just out of interest, would this have been covered under Applecare >or would it have been dissallowed as unreasonable abuse? Depends on your dealer. The dealer I go to asks no questions, though they sure take their own *)*(&(&^ time about getting around to fixing it. Just about every replacement board I've seen has SIMM sockets of different colors, presumably this repair is a common one (though that doesn't mean that they were done under AppleCare) -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu ][, ][+, ///, ///+, //e, //c, IIGS, //c+ --- Any questions? Hey! Bush has NO LIPS!
MARCELO@idunno.princeton.edu (MARCELO) (07/13/90)
In article <26996@netnews.upenn.edu> hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) writes: > I just got a call from a friend. Disaster struck when he tried > to insert a too-thick SIMM in his IIcx, the little doodad on the > SIMM socket snapped, so there is nothing to hold the SIMM in. Chances are that the SIMMS will stay in the socket without any problems .. It has been my experience that the little snaps are there only to make removing the SIMMS a pain in the (fill in your choice of anat) .. In article <26996@netnews.upenn.edu> hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) writes: > Just out of interest, would this have been covered under Applecare > or would it have been dissallowed as unreasonable abuse? This depends on the dealer .. Chances are if you bought the machine there and you bought AppleCare there then they will replace it under AC .. If you bought them somewhere else ... .. Marcelo .. marcelo@pucc.princeton.edu marcelo@idunno.princeton.edu .. I didn't do it .. .. It wasn't me .. .. Nobody saw me do it .. .. Nobody can prove a thing ..
danno@us.cc.umich.edu (Daniel T. Pritts) (07/13/90)
Same thing happened to one of us not too long ago (although on a IIci... but the sockets are the same). Turns out that if you got one of the slots on the end of the 4-simm banks, you can wrap a rubberband around all four simms and everything will be fine and dandy. You might also try some sort of epoxy or superglue...worst that could happen is that you trash the motherboard, which they want you to replace anyway, right? Good luck. dan pritts danno@um.cc.umich.edu
hgw@julia.math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) (07/13/90)
In article <26996@netnews.upenn.edu> hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) writes: > >I just got a call from a friend. Disaster struck when he tried >to insert a too-thick SIMM in his IIcx, the little doodad on the >SIMM socket snapped, so there is nothing to hold the SIMM in. > Sorry, but I cannot answer your question. What I can do is tell you where you can get a replacement SIMM Socket. Be warned, these sockets are extremely hard to remove so make sure you can do it first. Order them from: Digi-Key Corp 1-800-344-4539 There are a couple versions so you'll have to explain to sales which ones you need. The most expensive gold plated one is $11.71 each so the others are less. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Wong (213) 825-9040 UCLA-Mathnet; 3915F MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555 ARPA: hgw@math.ucla.edu BITNET: hgw%math.ucla.edu@INTERBIT