18 Jul
2000
18 Jul
'00
7:54 a.m.
....and then
replace it with a chip socket followed by working chip?
Yes. The socket may not be 'original', but it makes future repairs
easier, and possibly prevents further damage to the PCB from
such repairs.
Use a good quality socket. I use nothing but the turned-pin type now --
bad connections on IC sockets are a pain to trace. The extra cost of such
a socket is cheap compared to my time tracking down a fault!