[sdiy] When NOT to use sockets for chips ?

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

> Also, I have equipment that I built years ago with IC sockets that has
> developed intermittent problems.  The problems abate by reseating the ICs in
> their sockets.  I've since removed the sockets on the worst boards and
> resolved those problems.

My Digital Keyboards Synergy had horrible scratchy distortion, which I 
fixed by popping out and reseating the sine wave table ROMs on the digital 
oscillator board.

That's always my first advise to anyone trying to fix their synergy - 
disconnect, clean, and reconnect everything that can be. Fixed 90% of 
common Synergy problems, it seems...

  - Aaron

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