On 2019-03-28 12:56, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
This is the second time I've had problems with DIP switches in vintage HP gear. The other was in a 2117F I was working on for Dave McGuire. Same cure.
Contact oxidation?
That would be my assumption.
As I was gathering hardware together for VCF-East I was just wondering about doing things like this as standard procedure -- reseating connectors and sockets. DIP switches and jumpers didn't occur to me. I feel this is probably subjective, but what do people think about doing this as a matter of course? I can understand "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" but it's also maddening to have strange intermittent failures that might be preventable. -- Jameel Akari