> I second Doc's suggestion. I'm somewhere between an
> amateur and a professional at circuit board repair, and I
> can confirm that the circuit boards that tend to have the
> traces float loose during repair are absolutely the most
> frustrating to work with. If you're not at least
> moderately experienced with repair of printed circuit
> boards, I'd recommend not to attempt it yourself.
> On the other hand, once the repair is made, I always
> repair a chip by installing a socket, then from that point
> on, any further repairs are just plugging a replacement
> chip into the socket. Hopefully Telescope Repair will do
> this as well.
>
> -Shay
Yes.
There used to be a 'rule of thumb' at work, when removing IC's from a board.
It runs, "If you want to be sure to save the board, _cut_ the chip off,
before desoldering the legs individually". The highest failure rate when
trying to remove chips from boards, comes when you are trying to save both
chip and board...

Best Wishes

> > These chips are all soldered into the mother board.
> > There damnable to
> > replace because the board has excessively thin traces and
> > they tend to come
> > loose from the board. Then you really have trouble. I
> > suggest
> > professional, experienced fixing.
> >
> > Doc G
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 9:01 AM
> > Subject: [M]: Re: Re: Re: Re: Inoperative motors
> >
> >
> > > Hi Again, Doc,
> > >
> > > Is the communications chip a plug-in type or must it be
> > > soldered? I have replaced plug-in chips before, but
> > > soldering is not my game. If a plug-in type, how would
> > > I recognize it on the main board and do you know a
> > > source where could I get one?

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