Just a bit of an update. It took time and determination, but I got them all out, destroying only one of the upper pads in the process. Word to the wise, it takes a long time to take these out. It would have been far easier to do it right the first time... check and check again. Anyhow, upper pad was repaird, they are all back in. I caught this just moments after finishing the IC soldering stage, so I will wire it up tomorrow and hopefully have a lovely SSM 2040 clone tomorrow. Thanks for all the suggestions. Bruce
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Re: Desoldering tips on ICs - The Big Oops
2001-04-23 by bruce@sigalarm.com