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[Bruno Bronosky]

As for memory, Crucial makes memory in Idaho. That's all I buy. https://youtu.be/-EhDlXx3okU

__== Bruno Bronosky ==__
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On December 18, 2022 at 2:28 AM Alex Carver via Ale <http://ale@ale.org> wrote:

> On 2022-12-17 23:39, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
> 
> > Alex Carver via Ale said on Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:00:29 -0800
> > 
> > 
> > > A hacky fix is to cut into the 5V USB power line that goes to the card
> > > reader and add a switch on the front panel. That lets you keep the
> > > card reader turned off (and thus ignored during boot) until you need
> > > it then you can flip the switch to "plug it in" while maintaining the
> > > benefit of the panel-mounted slots instead of an external reader.
> > > 
> > 1978-1985 I repaired audio equipment for a living. I made or repaired
> > twenty to sixty solder joints a day. But I wouldn't solder in a laptop
> > unless it was hopelessly broken, too expensive to fix, and I was
> > soldering as a Hail Mary to revive it. Today's ultra-thin trace,
> > multilayer boards require special equipment and special skills to
> > solder with acceptable risk.
> > 
> We're not talking about a laptop, we're talking about a desktop with a
> drive-bay multi-card reader insert.
> 
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