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Re: Removing the video card from the ss 10.



Hi,

peter%easthope.ca@localhost wrote:
More than a decade since I changed the card in the ss 2 and don't want
to break brittle old parts.

Fair concern. I discovered that the cream plastic of the cases became completely brittle. My Case cracked in two! I glued it... but also my UltraSparc 2 just sitting there had a big part broken out... incredible Apparently in all my Suns it became completely rigid. Before that it was only the different (and worse) violet  plastic of the tabs of the SS5/SS20 violet angles.
It's worrying!

My IPC instead seems to hold instead...


Push the ivory colored nylon latch at each of two corners back to
release? Lift the corners to disconnect the connector?

Remove the latches (if present and if hatched). They are nylon, shouldn't break. Pull upwards, jigglig slightly, holding the card firmly. The connector might be a little stuck and oxydized. Carefully not to have it come up on one side only. Once you have it disconnected, wait to pull it, but push the card slightly in direction of the back. The metal part with the video connector might have some metal tabs. Then finally pull out. Usually it is very easy though.

Riccardo


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