When it comes to soldering this seems to be my arch nemesis... nothing wastes more of my time and risks damage to my PCBs than trying to remove larger ICs from plated through holes that have been soldered all the way through. Doing my NES RGB mod and the "bastard" cap on NAOMI are both recent memories of when I struggled with this and I've got a PCB in front of me now where I need to pull 9 40+ pin ICs without damaging the PCB or the IC.
My desoldering gun works fantastic on 85% of the pins but some of them end up being super stubborn or on a ground plane where I can't get enough heat.
Lots of people here do this kind of work so I'm wondering what tips you might have for dealing with this.
My desoldering gun works fantastic on 85% of the pins but some of them end up being super stubborn or on a ground plane where I can't get enough heat.
Lots of people here do this kind of work so I'm wondering what tips you might have for dealing with this.