Safest technique for removing SOIC chips on SE/30 like UD8, UE8, UF8, etc.

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Nice fix! Congratulations.

I noticed UF8 and UG8 had/have no markings on them whatsoever, maybe they were substandard components.

That's really odd, I've never seen that before.

 

[finkmac]

looks like the cap juices "burned" off the markings