Socket Use

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Sunday 11 June 2006 12:54 am, Don Y wrote:
> > But with a modern PC mobo, I couldn't rationalize the time spent
> > repairing it.
>
> PC's are designed as disposable products.  I wonder why they even
> bother with "extra" SIMM/DIMM sockets... just build it in a
> particular configuration and forget it!

Look at Packard-Bell machines,  which did exactly that,  having much of the 
RAM for example soldered to the MB,  which allowed them to omit the sockets 
and use surface-mount parts.

-- 
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space,  a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed.  --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
-
Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James 
M Dakin