Re: removing chip from board

[Scott.Alfter@skunkworks.genesplicer.org (Scott Alfter)]

In article <3267713@f10.n209.z1>, Dave Ciotti <dciotti@pppl.gov> wrote:
>In article <rick.light-3004950729530001@slip-dial0610.acc.uwrf.edu>
>rick.light@swamp.mn.org (Rick Light) writes:
>
>> I had a couple of RAM chips go bad on a fully loaded Apple 1 meg memory
>> card.  I have a number of extra cards with 256 K soldered on the boards
>> and would like to remove the chips and use them if possible.  How do you
>> do something like this?
>
>VERY CAREFULLY!!!
>[...]
>However if you must, get some solder wick from an electronics supply
>house.  Using a controlled tip temperature soldering iron...

A better tool for this work would be the ~$9 desoldering iron that Radio
Shack sells.  It's a soldering iron with a hollow tip and a rubber bulb for
sucking solder out of a joint.  It's considerably faster than desoldering
braid, and I've found that it works better (desoldering braid often leaves
the pin stuck to the inside of the hole).

(Even better would be a vacuum-operated desoldering station, but those
things cost hundreds of dollars. :-O )

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