On 09/10/2017 12:55 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk wrote: > I have looked at some YouTube videos to see how others have done this. I am > thinking that the best way is going to be to pre-solder the pads on the > socket, place the socket on the board and then heat the pads on the socket > from above with my finest tip. I don't have a hot air gun, access to one > side of the socket would be difficult from the "outside" as there is another > tallish component fairly close by.
I've done it that way and it worked, but the result (melted socket bits) wasn't pretty, though once the IC was in, you couldn't tell. If I had to do it all over again, I'd probably spring for a hot-air rework setup. --Chuck
