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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware
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The thin legs broke off, there is the larger part of the leg is still there
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In that case you might be able to rescue them without using a socket, by soldering 'donor' pins from another IC to what's left of the original pins. The attached crude sketch illustrates how, with the new / replacement pin highlighted in red soldered to the inside of the upper half of the original pin - this makes for a fairly invisible repair when the chip is inserted back into a socket.
Of course you can also solder the replacement pin to the outside of what is left of the original pin but then the repair is a bit more more obvious and not quite so strong. |
Ok, Ill try that. Ill find a replacement pin
How exciting!
Edit. Actually, I'll use a pin from one of the sockets I have coming on Friday