[LinuxBIOS] PLCC removal trick

Guido Fiala gfiala at s.netic.de
Thu Sep 15 20:06:05 CEST 2005


On Wednesday 14 September 2005 21:56, Dave Ashley wrote:
> I don't know about anyone else but the dental floss idea didn't
> work at all for me, the floss interferes with the pins.
>
> I had this idea on how to remove the chip easily, but I
> haven't tried it. Just get some strong epoxy and glue
> onto the top surface of the flashrom something to
> act as a handle. After it's dry, use that to pull the
> chip out.

Instead of epoxy you might use hot-glue (or whats it called),
or, even better, "Power Strip" - a removable 2-side-glue flexible tape...





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