Good deal on hard disks, misc.

John B. Milton jbm at uncle.UUCP
Sat Dec 16 16:44:11 AEST 1989


In article <564 at alfred.UUCP> elliot at alfred.UUCP (Elliot Dierksen) writes:
[...]
>Those pins are a real bear to get out of those sockets!!!

One VERY important note I may not have made clear in
HwNote06:
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10. Solder suck pins 30 and 29, break them loose and pull them up a little. This
    can be tricky since the pin is the spring stuff the connector contacts are
    made out of.
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and HwNote06.01:
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18. Solder suck pins 30 and 29 on the connector. Break them loose and pull them
    all the way out of the holes. This can be tricky since the pin is the
    spring stuff the connector contacts are made out of. It takes a
    surprisingly large amount of force to get them out.
---

Becuase the connector pins are made out of spring steel, one must follow these
instructions VERY closely. Solder suck (or solder wick) the pins! DO NOT TRY
TO PRY THE PINS OUT WITH THE SOLDERING IRON ON THEM!! You could flip solder
into yours or an on-lookers eyes.

Just a little holiday safety note.

John
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