ODP: Solus Troubleshooting Results

Ingo Debus debus at cityweb.de
Tue Dec 1 09:33:33 CET 1998


Roman Sowa wrote:
> 
> Why didn't you use solder sucker before cutting and removing IC leads?
> Usualy I have no problem desoldering ICs with solder sucker
> even from double sided boards.

Depends on the quality of the PCB. The PCB in the DX7 cartridge is
excellent: I replaced the EPROM in it again and again (no place for a
socket) and never damaged the PCB. On other PCBs the traces often get
loose when an IC is desoldered.

Ingo




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