Noooooooooo! (desoldering problem)

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:52 pm

I was soldering a 40 pin chip socket on a board, when I reallised it was the wrong spot.

I don't have a desoldering iron. (i'm gonna order one asap) but does anyone know another way of desoldering it?

Fanboy · Post by **Fanboy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:55 pm

Heat up the leads until it comes off...

Wayne Venomous · Post by **Wayne Venomous** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:56 pm

I think heating up a solder point and then very quickly tapping it against a table top or whatever and repeating until all the solder is off would be the only way.

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:18 pm

Fanboy wrote:Heat up the leads until it comes off...

Euhm..

It's forty pins. (not offending or anything)

And wayne yeah I guess it would be the only way. Feel free to post other suggestions.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:49 pm

if it's nintendo, can't you just rip it off and unsolder the individual pins then slide them back into their slots?

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:52 pm

It's a chip socket. So I don't think it will work. (btw. it's a copynes unit)

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:54 pm

Well, I suppose it IS possible to invent a device, or find one, that can connect all the pins together on one side, then heat it up with the soldering iron, thus heating up every pin (although if your iron isn't hot enough it might not work)

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:55 pm

Yeah that would work. But I think i'm just gonna order a desoldering iron. (or something similair) It also ads that the holes are nice and clean because I still need to use them.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:38 pm

Radio shack has these cheap desoldering bulbs for about $5. Only problem is that the solder is easily clogged in the tip. (a small nail or a needle can help with that, though

jeroen · Post by **jeroen** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:42 pm

True but we don't have radioshacks here

. (In holland)

Fanboy · Post by **Fanboy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:45 pm

OK, my Mom LIVED in Holland and I KNoW that she had chain elctronics stores in Holland.... By the way (correct me if I'm wrong) for all those who pronounce jeroens name "jair-owen", it's actually pronounced "Yair-oon". Just sos ya knows...

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:47 pm

I "say" it as jair-un.

And that how it's now to be pronounced.

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:48 pm

Well I say it jer-own....

Fanboy · Post by **Fanboy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:49 pm

YOU'RE A LIAR

! Kurt_s a liar people! Shun him into the darkness!

Haha, JK

...

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:53 pm

I'm already in darkness...

They call me Diablo in Tristram.