#%&*! This compaq is cursed! (ot)

From: Max Eskin <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri Jul 31 16:00:17 1998

I tried scraping, I scraped so much that I scraped throuh to the
white part of the PCB. It still conducts. I can't see any solder
bridge, but plugging it in causes smoke to emanate from the cable.
>I would try a piece of cotton string. Heat the solder until the bridge
is
>molten, then dip the cotton string in it. It will soak up the molten
lead.
>
>Once you get most of the bridge soaked up, scrape between the pins with
an
>exacto knife to be certain.
>--
>Jim Strickland
>jim_at_calico.litterbox.com
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>Vote Meadocrat! Bill and Opus in 2000 - Who ELSE is there?
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