From: Ethan Dicks (ethan.dicks_at_gmail.com)
Date: 2007-03-20 18:49:57
On 3/20/07, Bryan Pope <bpope@wordstock.com> wrote:
> And thusly were the wise words spake by Ethan Dicks
> > For those that don't already know, the 2114 is a part that's quite
> > famous for failing, moreso than any other RAM chip I can think of.
> > It's probably worth pulling both of them and replacing them with
> > high-quality machined-pin sockets to facilitate chip replacement down
> > the road.
>
> Would these machined pin IC sockets be good?:
>
> http://www.unicornelectronics.com/icsockets/MT8.html
Yes... that style. The only hitch I see is that the 2114 is an 18-pin
part and they don't seem to stock 18-pin sockets. You can buy 20-pin
sockets and cut off two pins, but it might not be visually attractive.
18-pin sockets do exist, but I don't know where to recommend you look.
-ethan
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