Desoldering/replacing SMD opamps

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JohnR

Desoldering/replacing SMD opamps
« on: 18 May 2011, 05:16 pm »
Anyone had luck with this? I'm considering replacing a set of 4.

Occam

Re: Desoldering/replacing SMD opamps
« Reply #1 on: 18 May 2011, 05:39 pm »
video tutorials on smd soldering and desoldering -
http://tangentsoft.net/elec/movies/

The techniques work quite well. Lay in a supply of good solder wick

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Re: Desoldering/replacing SMD opamps
« Reply #2 on: 18 May 2011, 05:48 pm »
  Excellent advice thanks Paul.



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Re: Desoldering/replacing SMD opamps
« Reply #3 on: 18 May 2011, 11:10 pm »
One word - ChipQuik. It's not terribly expensive and allows easy removal of even 40pin chips with near zero risk of lifting a trace. I cannot stress enough how well this stuff works. The flux they supply is also very nice for installing new SMT chips, it's very tacky and holds them in place nicely.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQqjggeklo

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Re: Desoldering/replacing SMD opamps
« Reply #4 on: 19 May 2011, 12:41 am »
Use a soldering iron with adjustable temperature and with a wide tip (enough to heat all legs on one side of the device at once).  I used this method to remove all 18 SMD devices in a DEQX without a glitch.  Use of flux and a small tip is mandatory when resoldering the new devices in place.

TomS

Re: Desoldering/replacing SMD opamps
« Reply #5 on: 19 May 2011, 02:06 am »
One word - ChipQuik. It's not terribly expensive and allows easy removal of even 40pin chips with near zero risk of lifting a trace. I cannot stress enough how well this stuff works. The flux they supply is also very nice for installing new SMT chips, it's very tacky and holds them in place nicely.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQqjggeklo
+1 on on ChipQuik. Mike turned me on to this and I've used it many times without a hitch. I wouldn't attempt it any other way if the subject piece was of any value.

Haoleb

Re: Desoldering/replacing SMD opamps
« Reply #6 on: 23 May 2011, 01:16 am »
Ive had good luck in the past reworking SMT stuff by removing whatever it was I was taking off with a heatgun by heating up the area enough to flow the solder joints. Obviously you dont want to heat up certain components and also dont want to touch other components in the area when your doing it as they will also be moveable. Once I took off the old chip I cleaned the pads, Applied a small amount of solder to each pad, enough to form a small dome on each one then starting at one pin setting the new chip in place and heating one pin at a time to solder it back into place. Usually I did not need any more solder than what was already on the pad. Worked pretty well for me.. Definetly a down and dirty way to do SMT work if you dont have the right tools. I did however have the use of a microscope when I did it so that made things much easier to see the details.