Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

It is 2 hours if you have a professional desoldering tool. I guess you
don't have one of those.
/Mike
On Thu, 2019-08-29 at 18:03 +0000, domgoold@yahoo.com [korgpolyex]
wrote:
> .... right... hawkmodder's log ... i'm going to have a little break
> here. 
> 
> !! FINALLY !! managed the extract IC29. what a mission. you said this
> entire mod takes 2hrs. 
> beg to differ ! i've spent ... a very careful 3+ hours getting it out
> and cleaning up the holes so 
> it will take the DIL socket. more probably, i'm too embarassed to
> say. 
> 
> i knew i didn't like braid: it's dangerous. it looks like i've
> lifted/annihilated two pads ;-((( f*** 
> > from the underside, top right 1 and 2. need to have another look.
> held it up to the light to 
> see if there are any layers there. 
> 
> decided to clean up the holes first and make sure the DIL fits.
> that's done, having a rest, 
> and letting you know of my little disaster. i really took care with
> heating and cooling. 
> iron is a Weller 15 w; old but does the job. 
> 
> for me the trouble/difficulty was the small factory soldering, which
> seems very sound, and 
> it's been hard to get to the point where i could start extracting.
> you think it's all gone, and 
> then there's still some in there holding the IC pins. 
> 
> ended up breaking one of the legs there, so it's a good job you give
> a replacement...
> 
> so now i need to test my pads somehow, see if/what i need to fix
> before proceeding, and how. 
> just going to have a beer, and then take the DIL out and see what all
> the pads look like.
> 
> (have the little auxiliary pcbs taped to the main board to stop the
> wires working loose)
> 
> i'd hoped this bit would go a bit better. ... :- / 
> please give me some good news...
>