Hi Ramon!

You did see the pictures of my solderballs didn't you? If not, look at:

http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com/files/AdapterSolderballs.jpg
http://www.stevezeva.homestead.com/files/AdapterSolderBalls2.jpg

and tell me how you're going to use a soldering iron and wick to get at these
solderballs to remove them? These adapters were used 6-per assembly. We're
using the DIP IC now that these adapters were being temporarily subsituted
for...

-Steve Gregory-


> I would be very concern about how to get rid of solder balls, specially if
> they are small. My method to remove them with be with a solder iron or solder
> iron, solder wick combination. Blowing them off may impel them in between
> solder balls under a BGA or between leads and cause shorts. That would be very
> bad.
>     Just a thought
>     Ramon
>


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