> Possible suggestion, Providing there is enough physical space; > Find a new socket with long legs, and pop that into the current socket > THEN place chip in the new piggybacked socket. Would that possible help??? Possible, but some of the RAMs with the shortest legs might have problems even with the new sockets. Removing the sockets and soldering the RAMs in place might be the better solution, though with a risk of lifting tracks on the pcb while desoldering the sockets.
Ian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul holmgren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Q40 Problem > > Tony Firshman wrote: > > > On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 at 03:16:41, ZN wrote: > > (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > > > >If such a situation arises, the quick and easy solution is to carefully > > >solder the chips into the sockets - chip by chip, so you can get at all the > > >pins. > > > I was planning to use my sH soldering iron bit to solder the legs in the > > sockets. > > > ..... once I had made sure it isn't simply a bad chip (8-)# > > Possible suggestion, Providing there is enough physical space; > Find a new socket with long legs, and pop that into the current socket > THEN place chip in the new piggybacked socket. Would that possible help??? > -- > Paul Holmgren > Hoosier Corps #33, L-6 > 2 57 300-C's in Indy >
