Re: Memory installation in a 170?

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep Brian is right. The plastic 'tunnel' is to make sure that a portion 
of the rear fan's air is pulled across the processor.  I've had that off 
in a couple cases to suck the dirt out of some very very badly 
maintained machines.

I've never heard of the memory slot 'blanks' called dentures. I like it!!

 - Larry

Bryan Dietz wrote:
> I believe that is an aerodynamic air scoop for the processor.
>
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> Bryan Dietz 
> Aktion Associates 
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> midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/25/2006 04:04:51 AM:
>
> -> The installation was entirely successful (and a 7/32" 
> -> socket was indeed close enough for jazz, the 5.0mm 
> -> definitely being too small).
> -> 
> -> The memory was on the main logic board; there were 32MB 
> -> SIMMs in four slots, white plastic "dentures" in the other 
> -> four slots, and an odd-looking white plastic box below the 
> -> memory sockets. The new SIMMs were 128MB each, so the 
> -> result was a fivefold increase in the available memory. I 
> -> was in and out of the building in about half an hour.
> -> 
> -> What, by the way, is the "odd-looking white plastic box"? 
> -> It's about the size of all 8 SIMMs combined.
> -> 
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> -> JHHL
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