Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

I really doubt that you could damage anything that way.
The only possibility would be if the supply was not well regulated
and went higher with less load, damaging some other chips, but in this
case, that doesn't seem like a possibility.  Be careful not to bend any pins under
when you plug them into the sockets.   And pry evenly from both ends to remove them
from their sockets, to avoid bending any pins that way.  Also, since these chips are so
hard to replace, I would put them on conductive foam or some metal (or aluminum foil) to tie
all the pins together to avoid any chance of static damage.  Probably not possible
anyway, since these are probably bipolar and not MOS chips.

Another question is:   Could you possibly damage anything in a good channel by
installing a bad chip there?   I don't think you have to worry about that either.
In some other types of circuits this would be a real possibility.

   Bob