Want to buy dead .5Mb memory board for UNIX-PC
j.l.wood
jlw at lznv.ATT.COM
Wed Mar 2 02:54:36 AEST 1988
In article <1583 at m2-net.UUCP>, scs at m2-net.UUCP (Steve C. Simmons) writes:
> Several folks were kind enough to send me the info on upgrading 64K Dram
> boards to 256K. As a soldering novice, the last thing I'm willing to
> do is touch my motherboard or functioning .5Mb board with a hot iron.
> Anybody got a dead expansion board, or know how to get unstuffed ones?
When you don't want to recover the chips, and who would bother with 64k DRAMs
going for less than a buck, I usually clip out the chip and leave the pins
first. Then I clamp the board edge on to my face with the component side
to my right (I'm left handed). Taking the soldering iron in my left and
a pair of needlenose in my right, I quickly apply heat and gently pull the
pins one at a time. I later go back with more heat and a solder sucker
to clear the holes. I find this method less likely to damage the board.
Joe Wood
lznv!jlw
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