Why it is sometimes necessary to re-seat a board or chip

[Chuck Guzis]

On 30 Dec 2008 at 21:09, Sellam Ismail wrote:

> So this is why a re-seating of certain cards, connectors and ICs 
> oftentimes cures a fidgety system.

Maybe the scrappers know this, but how often is pure gold used as the 
contact material on edge connectors?  I thought that an alloy was 
plated as pure gold is very soft and doesn't withstand too many 
insertion cycles.  Anyone?

Cheers,
Chuck