Socket-izing the IIC's IWM drive-chip???

[buggie@ben15.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

CAN THE IWM DRIVE-CONTROLLER CHIP BE SOCKETED???
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 IS THERE SUFFICIENT SPACE BENEATH THE DRIVE?
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I have several junked IIC motherboards from which components can be
desoldered.

One of my IIC's refuses to operate disk drives, despite its passing of the
internal self-test.   I suspect that the fault is the INTEGRATED WOZ
MACHINE, the disk driive controller chip.

This IWM is soldered to the motherboard.  I want to desolder the IC,
install a low-profile socked, and then insert the IWM from a different
board into the socket.  I know I can do that much successfully  --- no big
deal.

QUESTION:   The IWM rests beneath the 5.25" internal disk drive.  If
socketed, is there enough vertical clearance for the IWM to fit beneath
the drive?

Thanks ---- Steve Buggie



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