Re: Jensen: 16->32MB made easy

Michael Schwingen (m.schwingen@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de)
Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:16:04 +0100 (MET)

> For these situations, where the chip is important and the board you're taking it
> from is not (usually it is the other way around) an easy way of removing SOJ
> packages is with a wide-bladed screwdriver; simply shear them off the PCB.
> Sometimes the PCB pads come off (but you can then remove them with a soldering
> iron one at a time).

OK, this works. However, in this case the PCB is from the old 4 SIMMs which we
want to reuse after getting two chips off. Ripping off pads might be a bad idea
because they might provide connections to other chips, so I would not recommend
this method here.

cu
Michael

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