Genny

For goodness sake, do NOT use an RTV that smells of acetic acid. Wanna
know why? Because it emits acetic acid! And what does acetic acid do to
electronics, in a semi-closed environment and under uncontrolled
climatic conditions such as in transport? SHUDDER!

Brian

Genny Gibbard wrote:
> Do any of you seem to work somewhere where RTV is the answer to
> everything???
>
> We have a PCB with a DIMM socket.  The DIMM is inserted at one angle and
> then pushed down and 'locks' in at another angle to the PCB.  Problem
> is, the catch mechanism isn't very strong and sometimes the DIMM pops
> back up to the insertion angle.  We're concerned that when we ship these
> cards, the DIMM will pop loose and eventually work its way out of the
> socket.
> Any suggestions as to how to hold it in place?  We don't want to do it
> so permanently that we can't ever remove and replace a defective DIMM.
> The suggestion around here is a dab of silicone RTV...
>
> Genny
>
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