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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
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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?


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