Date   : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:14:35 -0000
From   : andrew.hancock@... (Andrew Hancock)
Subject: ROM removal tool

and not too much force, otherwise it will fly out from the ROM rocket across
the room!!!!

I've occasionally "slipped" and the ROM chip has flown out! No damage done
to motherboard or rom chip, but it did take me a while to find it!

Andrew

PS TTL hurts when you stand on it barefoot!

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Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] ROM removal tool

On 16/03/2010 20:08, Tim Fardell wrote:
> Jules Richardson wrote:
>> me@... wrote:
>>> Does such a thing exist?
>>>
>>> I'm forever tearing the legs off ROMs when trying to remove them
cleanly. I
>>> don't know whether my beeb's sockets are super-grippy, or whether I'm
just
>>> a clumsy arse, but I can't help thinking there must be a better way.

>> I've seen IC removal tools in the form of pincers, but IME they're a bit
crap 
>> - with the force sometimes needed to pull a chip up, they can sometimes 
>> suddenly 'let go' unevenly, resulting in bent pins still.
> 
> I had one of these. It was made of yellow plastic, and I can confirm 
> that it was indeed a bit crap.

I have two metal ones, and whilst they do work very well, they're better 
for smaller chips.  Like Jules and others, I tend to use a small 
screwdriver, or a bent-over piece of thin tool steel for ROMs.  The 
trick is, whatever you use, to lever up each end in turn by just a small 
amount until the chip is fairly free.

-- 
Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York

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