andyfinch@... writes:
>>You hear a lot of stories about the poor reliability of the cheaper
sockets, but a story worth mentioning<<
Yeah. I have all kinds of equipment with socketed chips, probably not the
highest quality either, and never have problems. Besides, just loosening a
chip and reseating it should correct any long term contact problem. I take
comments about current leakage, etc., with a grain of salt. But since I
counldn't find any 8 pin sockets in my boxes of misc electronic parts, I
figured I'll just forget about socketing.
-Elhardt