Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!iuvax!purdue!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!genemans From: genemans@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jan Genemans) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Desoldering Chips Summary: Desolder w/o destroying board? Keywords: Desolder w/o destroying board? Message-ID: <15014@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 14 Aug 89 16:37:04 GMT References: <1846@uceng.UC.EDU> <360@donk.UUCP> <[1427.2]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP> Reply-To: genemans@mac.dartmouth.edu (Jan Genemans) Organization: U.S.M.M.A., Kings Point, NY Lines: 14 In article <[1427.2]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP> wek@point.UUCP (Bill Kuykendall) writes: >A simpler solution is to destroy the board with a pair of dykes and clean >the legs off after the fact. The torch trick sounds a little radical for >heat sensitive devices (not to mention human breathing apparatus). What if you have a board with an 8086 processor that is soldered on the board. I want to remove this chip and replace it with a V30. Is there an easy way of doing this without destroying the board with dykes or a blow torch? / Jan Genemans | USENET: Jan.Genemans@Dartmouth.edu \ / ADP | UUCP: ...!dartvax!mac.dartmouth.edu!Jan.Genemans \ \ U.S.M.M.A. +---------+------------------------------------------/ \ Kings Point, NY 11024 | "Live long and prosper" -Spock /