You have several options. 1. If you have time for a technician to desolder pin at a time with a good vaccuum desoldering tool you could salvage the connector and maybe the board. 2. If the board is more valuable than the connector. Remove the connector pin at a time without putting stress on the other pins. this means scraping the connector to preserve the board. Rodney Brand A Z Technology \__________(*)__________/ *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]> * * with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ***************************************************************************