MOTM

bruce@... writes:

>>I have managed to get one of them unsoldered after about an hours  worth of 
work. I have a good solder sucker, but it seems minute amounts of solder are 
still hanging around causing the chip to adhere to the board.
Anyone have and good suggestions on how to get the little buggers off?<<

I don't know if solder wick will help here.  I sometimes have to use both 
solder wick and a solder sucker depending on the circumstances.  However, I 
had to remove two regulators recently and even just getting one of those 
simple devices out was a 10 minute ordeal with me worrying that I'd start 
pulling the traces off the PCB in the process.  I just said to hell with it, 
clipped out the second one and bought new replacements in my last Mouser 
order.  Sometimes it's easier to do that if you are dealing with inexpensive 
parts.

-Elhardt