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DoogUK · 03 April 2009, 08:30

I found that using a dremel to carefuly grind away a bit of the ic's plastic over the top of the offending chip leg reveals enough of the shiny stuff to get a solder point for a wire.
This way the chip suffers no possible heat damage from the soldering iron.....but that too requires a steady hand.

03 April 2009, 08:30	#18
DoogUK Doogster Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dorset Posts: 1,069	I found that using a dremel to carefuly grind away a bit of the ic's plastic over the top of the offending chip leg reveals enough of the shiny stuff to get a solder point for a wire. This way the chip suffers no possible heat damage from the soldering iron.....but that too requires a steady hand.