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- From: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth)
- Subject: Re: Handling CMOS
- In-Reply-To: cmh@eng.cam.ac.uk's message of 14 Dec 92 12:07:07 GMT
- Message-ID: <JON_SREE.92Dec19224851@world.std.com>
- Sender: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth)
- Organization: The World
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- <1992Dec14.120707.13760@eng.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 03:48:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec14.120707.13760@eng.cam.ac.uk> cmh@eng.cam.ac.uk (C.M. Hicks) writes:
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- >>The way I install CMOS chips is in the bathroom. Take the circuit board, all
- >>the tools you might need and the chips into the b-room and close the door.
- >>Run the shower on HOT for a few minutes, until the mirror fogs over. Leave the
- >>water running (maybe turn it down a little), touch the board and the package the
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- ...
- board simultaneously while handling the chip. All this bathroom stuff seems
- bizarre - do you get contact corrosion because of water trapped in the
- sockets :-? BTW, conductive foam is much more usable than foil.
- ...
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- Why not just buy a $50 humidifier from the nearest department store ?
- Working in the bathroom with the water running seems a bit much.
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- / Jon Sreekanth
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