That was really painful but yes, that CPU is repaired. Had to cut away part of the exterior to get enough of the pin to solder onto. It's working, has the FPU, and I've overclocked it to 40 MHz and it's stable.
Now for your memory hack..
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That was really painful but yes, that CPU is repaired. Had to cut away part of the exterior to get enough of the pin to solder onto. It's working, has the FPU, and I've overclocked it to 40 MHz and it's stable.
Now for your memory hack..
Oh well done. On that one where I fixed the two corner pins it was easier as there was more access, but I don't think I could have achieved an inline pin. I tried to repair a couple more chips after the one I sent you and I botched them both, it's very difficult to not cut too much ceramic away and then lose the exposed pin entirely. Or indeed to disturb adjacent pins which may also fall off.
Would like to know more about your methods, did you use hand tools or a machine?
Rooting for ya!
I had bought one of those smaller handheld rotary tools (Fanttek F2) and used the smallest grinding bit and just went super slow. After I got about half a millimeter, I went for it and it took many attempts but finally got a bodge wire to hold tight. That was really painful.
