ODP: Solus Troubleshooting Results

[Roman Sowa]

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.

BTW sockets are not recommended for analog circuits - contacts may
get lousy after some time.

Roman

> -----Oryginalna wiadomość-----
> Od:	Chris & Ann MacDonald [SMTP:cmacdon at ix.netcom.com]
> Wysłano:	29 listopada 1998 22:34
> Do:	synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Temat:	Solus Troubleshooting Results
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> What a pain it was to remove the old chips!  There was a tempco resistor
> glued to the top of each chip which I tried to carefully pry off.  The
> chips were not socketed and removing a soldered-in IC didn't look like
> much fun.  In the end I had to cut the old chips off pin by pin, remove
> the pins, and then use a solder sucker to clean the PCB holes.  Are
> there any tools or tricks for doing this more easily?  I decided to use
> sockets for the new chips to prevent possible damage to the board if
> another replacement became necessary later.
> 
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