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As for memory, Crucial makes memory in Idaho. That's all I buy. https://youtu.be/-EhDlXx3okU
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__== Bruno Bronosky ==__
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On December 18, 2022 at 2:28 AM Alex Carver via Ale <<a href="http://ale@ale.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:
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On 2022-12-17 23:39, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
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Alex Carver via Ale said on Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:00:29 -0800
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A hacky fix is to cut into the 5V USB power line that goes to the card
<br>reader and add a switch on the front panel. That lets you keep the
<br>card reader turned off (and thus ignored during boot) until you need
<br>it then you can flip the switch to "plug it in" while maintaining the
<br>benefit of the panel-mounted slots instead of an external reader.
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<br>1978-1985 I repaired audio equipment for a living. I made or repaired
<br>twenty to sixty solder joints a day. But I wouldn't solder in a laptop
<br>unless it was hopelessly broken, too expensive to fix, and I was
<br>soldering as a Hail Mary to revive it. Today's ultra-thin trace,
<br>multilayer boards require special equipment and special skills to
<br>solder with acceptable risk.
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<br>We're not talking about a laptop, we're talking about a desktop with a
<br>drive-bay multi-card reader insert.
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