On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 2:08 PM mcdonnell.junk <mcdonnell.j...@comcast.net> wrote: > > And, well, I *did* break a trace and possibly pulled out a barrel. Lol. That > was likely my impatience and not the tool. I did test the force requir3d to > pop the chip out before prying on it and it came out easy, so I thought all > was good.
Yeah - impatience got me when I was working in my ZX Spectrum +2 a couple months ago. Lifted 2 pads when removing a PLA because I was hungry and wanted to finish the job before dinner. D'oh! -Josh
