Author Topic: Snipping old caps  (Read 1928 times)

soop

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Re: Snipping old caps
« Reply #30 on: May 09, 2018, 10:12:42 AM »
I always remove with hot air. Fresh solder to all the pads first. I never lift pads using this method.

See that's exactly what I'm thinking.  Have you got a youtube channel by any chance?

NightWolve

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Re: Snipping old caps
« Reply #31 on: May 09, 2018, 11:32:33 AM »
Might as well learn the hot air gun method so you can replace a chip/CPU some day like a pro. My SNES needs one of the 32KB x 8-bit SRAM (D43256AGU-10L) chips replaced some time when I get around to it. The pins are far enough to try with a solder iron (a good one!), but it's risky to go one by one...