<div dir="ltr">Were the blackened legs on Texas chips? I've seen a lot of this on ICs from the late 1970s or early 80s. <div><br></div><div>I heard that Texas offered different grades of plating for ICs which were meant to be soldered or socketed - less plating on the ones which were meant to be soldered. As these were cheaper... well, guess the rest. While I can't confirm the story is true, it ties in with what I've seen.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div> </div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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</table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 19:21, Kenny Balys <<a href="mailto:kenny@beatkamp.com">kenny@beatkamp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
I completed a repair and had two 74LS138's with blackened<br>
legs. I went to pull one and it came apart. The legs are<br>
degraded somehow. Then on to the other 74LS138: same.<br>
The legs of the IC's just fell away.<br>
<br>
What could have caused this?<br>
Has anyone seen something like this?<br>
<br>
There is no Varta battery pack on the board. I have seen<br>
something like this on a Poly-Six.<br>
<br>
Other IC's near these two were not the same. The circuit<br>
board seems to be ok.<br>
<br>
The instrument is now functional after replacing the<br>
two 138's and changing a few caps.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for any ideas.<br>
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