Messages in this thread | | | From | Ian Stirling <> | Subject | Re: Switching Kernels without Rebooting? | Date | Fri, 13 Jul 2001 04:45:58 +0100 (BST) |
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> > > I've just suspended to disk after the list line, pulled the power > supplies, > > taken the RAM chip out, shorted the pins to make really sure, then > powered > > back up. > > FYI: Taking the memory module out and shorting its pins together is a > great way to unnecessarily risk zapping your RAM with ESD, and a > terrible way to ensure that its contents are erased. When the DRAM is > not being accessed (by definition true when you remove power), the gate > capacitors that form the DRAM array are floating unconnected and cannot > be intentionally discharged. You just have to wait for good old leakage > to kill the bits. A minute should be more than enough.
I know, I observed antistatic precautions, and did wait a couple of minutes (while making a coffe). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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