Need Docs for XT RAM Board...

--- William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote: Well I'm not sure if that's better. Granted there would be less of a shock, but wouldn't it be even better to insure no heat gets to the chip at all? I may have borrowed this idea from the model train dudes, but it's the basic heat sink principle. If you're soldering details onto a brass boiler, essentially a thin hollow tube, you run the danger of desoldering previous-nearby work. So, between the part you want to solder and the part you don't want desoldered, encompass that area with a tissue or whatever soaked in water. SO...if you surround the chip (and not necessarily the whole board) with cool water, and possibly agitate with a fish tank pump or something, it's pretty unlikely any heat will get to the chip at all. And if you fear that heat will be prevented from getting to the component side of the pins/solder, I was thinking that dribbling or brushing some wax? onto that side the pins/board to give the area under it a chance to heat up (by being insulated from the water). I know I said that all pretty awkwardly but I'm on 4 hours sleep here... Even Radio Shack used to sell these little aluminum clips that presumably would get clamped onto a pin for desoldering. That's what I seem to remember anyway. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Online degrees - find the right program to advance your career. Www.nextag.com