4 Jan
2010
4 Jan
'10
12:57 a.m.
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Dan Roganti <ragooman at comcast.net> wrote:
What I do is add extra heat on the opposite side using
an extra pencil tip
solder iron , hold the board vertically[or use a vise], it helps control the
action this way, and preheat the other side with the desolder iron [with the
bulb squeezed tightly] for several seconds and then release. This also helps
with the stubborn power pins on any DIP package.
In this case, there's plastic in the way on the component side.
Adding heat did the trick though. I went out into the garage and
grabbed my propane torch (1 quart bottle size). I used it to heat the
tip of the desoldering iron. That made the process go much faster
since the solder melted instantly. Then when I tried to pull out the
part, I heated the solder side of the board. That let the part fall
out. Works great when you don't care about ruining the circuit board.
:-)
The 16-bit part of the isa connector was attached to the 8-bit part.
I used a bandsaw to cut through the connectors and free the half I
needed.
Now it's time to solder the isa connectors to the 2000 motherboard.
It's the scary part for me. :-)
brian