ROM_SIMM_Connector_Retrofittin' =8-D

[uniserver]

i could see how attaching a vacuum pump would cause it to no get hot enough,

maybe a vacuum pump with a mechanical push button valve...

I bought it when i was replacing laptop power plugs, i used it about 8 times, it worked fine for that purpose.

I also replaced a bad usb port on my friends motherboard, it worked fine for that as well.

Its got plenty of heat, you do have to flux, you flux right?

My beef with is is cleaning it, kinda annoying.

Would i do a rom simm with this? na, nor would I use this as a production tool.

non of my tools are production tools.

heck techknight, you even have a hot air station, and the ability to get various masks to re bga chips...

again something i will never attempt to own, why would i when i can just pay you 30 bucks, for an occasional re-work.

it all depends on what you are doing.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Quick and easy with this:

When the time comes, after I've chopped down the three wire wrap connectors for the IIsi PDS, how about I send the MoBo to you for removal of the soldertail connector PDS slot and you install the modded wire wrap jobs for me?

Maybe I'll have you recap it at the same time . . . I'm lazy and just terrible at soldering . . . :I

 

[mcdermd]

Sure. PM me.

 

[James1095]

I have a Hakko 808 just like that one. Prior to getting it I used one of those suction bulb irons for years. I thought the suction bulb iron worked fine, but after using the 808 I could never go back. The difference is night and day, it's a beat up moped vs a Rolls-Royce. I cringed a bit when I dropped the 200 bucks on the 808 but I never regretted it for a moment.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

I can just get by with mine and the nail nippers! }

 

[mcdermd]

xx(

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

xx(

:lol: That card is just fine and dandy!

But I hesitate somewhat to do this to my only IIsi MoBo.

 

[mcdermd]

Well, tell me if you'd like someone to move the iron for you. I rather enjoy it at times.

 

[James1095]

I can just get by with mine and the nail nippers!

Eek! You know, careful application of a heat gun combined with some aluminum foil shielding to protect areas you don't wish to heat can do a nice job of removing a big connector like that intact. Just practice on some junk boards first so you can get the hang of melting the solder without warping, blistering or burning the board.

Works well to salvage parts quickly from junk PCBs too. Heat up the board until the solder starts to melt, then give it a good whack and most of the parts will just fall right off.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Yup, bake-n-shake works. That board cost me something like $5 and I was practicing to do meatball surgery on $7 boards. }

With the vast majority of the pins loose from the solder sucker, the nail nipper's pressure across the width of the connector didn't put much tension on the recalcitrant Pin-PCB Solder Joints. I'd never use the nipper parallel to the board, only perpendicular to it for crushing the connector from the sides . . .

. . . unless it really aggravated me! }