>
> > Finally, it occured to me that I had flipped the chassis over to put
> > some new rubber feet on the bottom and wondered if I could have shifted
> > something, like a loose screw or nut. So I removed the motherboard and
> > looked underneath. LO and BEHOLD! A previous owner had replaced an
> > LS series chip and its socket and had not CUT OFF the excess leads on
> > the bottom of the board!!! When I shifted the machine, it pushed the
> > leads against the bottom of the chassis effectively grounding them!
> >
> > Once those were clipped and a piece of anti-static foam inserted beneath
> > the motherboard, the machine now talks to the terminal FAR more reliably
> > than before.
>
> Um... I thought that anti-static foam was conductive? Wouldn't that
> be bad? Maybe I'm wrong.
>
> Bill Sudbrink
yeah, I thought anti-static foam was made from carbon specifically so it would
conduct static charges away.
--
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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