Good to know. I will try the socket with a multimeter and if in doubt unsolder and re-solder. The thing is that the acid damage was so little, nothing compared to some of the photos I see on line.
The pins look ok, but definitely the chip does not work as I tried it on another board.
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Originally Posted by LIV2
Unlikely that the cap caused it I think, but how do the legs on the broken Gary look?
Often the battery acid makes it all the way over to Gary and can get up and into the IC and cause internal damage, it can also dissolve some of the pins of the socket so it's possible that needs replacing too
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