24 Jan
2006
24 Jan
'06
8:16 a.m.
On Tuesday 24 January 2006 02:59, Joe R. wrote:
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FWIW I've fixed irreplacable ICs by putting
them in a wire wrap IC
socket and then soldering the nubs of the leads to the socket and then
plugging the socket and IC back into the circuit. You'll be soldering right
up against the body of the IC so you have to be carefull not to over heat
it. Clean the IC lgs/nubs and socket connectors good then use low
temperature solder and a good tempature controlled soldering iron. I use
wire wrap sockets with machined sockets because the legs are much stiffer
then stamped out sockets and I can plug them into the original IC socket on
the circuit board.
This is good advice - I've also had good success with this procedure.
Cheers,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"