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>Forced Insertion 1
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This photo shows damage inflicted on the P0 connector of a VME64x subrack after a module was forcibly inserted into the slot, causing the pins to be crushed and bent. When power was applied to the subrack, shorts caused the connector body to begin to burn.  >Forced Insertion 5
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This image shows damage caused to the lower capture/eject extrusion and the lower EMI gasket of the subrack after a module was inserted into the subrack with excessive force.
>Force Insertion 2
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This image shows alignment pins that were snapped off of the modules capture/release mechanism when the module was forcibly inserted into the slot with the top of the module in a different slot from the bottom of the module. >Forced Insertion 6
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This image shows damage caused to the lower capture/eject extrusion of the subrack after a module was forced into the subrack with excessive force.
>Forced Insertion 3
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This image shows damage inflicted on the P0 connector of a VME64x subrack after a module was forcibly inserted into the slot, causing the pins to be crushed and bent. >Forced Insertion 7
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This image shows damage caused to the lower capture/eject extrusion of the subrack after a module was forced into the subrack with excessive force.
>Forced Insertion 4
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This photo shows damage inflicted on the P0 connector of a VME64x subrack after a module was forcibly inserted into the slot, causing the pins to be crushed and bent. >Forced Insertion 8
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This photo shows damage inflicted on the rear P2 connector of a VME64x subrack after a transition module was forcibly inserted into the slot, causing the pins to be crushed and bent. 

Created: 9 Feburary 1998
Last Modified: 08 April 1998