I Always use sockets now Re: [sdiy] IC socket question

[mark verbos]

I do, of course half the time I power hings up and nothing happens and I 
later on find out there is a CMOS chip that's not functioning, so who am 
I to point fingers!

;)

mark

Cynthia Webster wrote:

>
>I usually wait until a PCB board is totally wired to the pots and the
>switches and everything else ~before~ stuffing the chips into the sockets
>for the first time.
>
>Does anyone think this is being too paranoid?
>
>Cynthia
>