On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:45:21PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: >I've noticed a lot of bad problems with Hynix memory lately; your >mileage may vary. At Whistle we had a problem with memory with Gold >contacts, and didn't have any problems with the ones with Tin.
A good rule of thumb is to make sure that the finish on the DIMM contacts are the same as the ones on the DIMM socket - both gold or both tin. Note that whilst gold doesn't oxidise, it's fairly easy to make a gold coating so thin that it's gas permeable allowing the underlying metal to oxidise. Peter _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
