Re: Moving OT a bit [was] Re: [SLUG] Re: Proceedure for preventing 'linux single' at lilo promp t

[Terry Collins <terryc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Kelso wrote:
> 
> we have had numerous people stealing ram from machines, either sneakily
> replacing 128mb dimms with 64mb ones, or just taking ram left right and
> centre from every machine they can. Still working on ways to avoid this, as
> DELL cases are notoriously easyb to open, dont even need a screw driver, 

Compaq came with a fitting that could be used to padlock the case shut.
How do Dells measure up?

The old way was to replace case screws with non-tamper screws, but that
is a continual arms race (torx with centre pins seems least common
fitting available).

basically it comes down to locking the case down, but you then run into
problems of common/cheap locks that only have a few key variations,

I usually find a big WOA across the SIMM stops that. (don't know the
long term effect of ink chemicals ectching on the SIMM yet).

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