13 Nov
2005
13 Nov
'05
8:55 a.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
Witchy wrote:
I use a hot air paint stripper to heat up the solder side, component
side down, and then tap it against either my wooden workbench or
stainless steel kitchen sink to get all the chips out. I got about a
meg of 41256s out of scrap boards like that once, and doubled the memory
in my second ever PC.
Gordon.
On Sat, November 12, 2005 3:19 am, Allison said:
Not for ICs, no. I've found with things like IDC connectors it's a bit
trickier as it's hard to keep the heat even across the whole socket and
not damage it (plus such sockets tend to be at the edges of boards and
so the heat 'spills over' to the top-side and damages the socket) Myself I torch the bottom and use a spring loaded
chip extractor.
That and a pliers or tiny screwdriver to straighten any bent
pins keeping it in the board.
I'm right in assuming this technique requires a bit of practice? :)