So i spent a little bit of time ripping IC's off lowgrade today. Could only spend about an hour doing it, dizzyness kicked my a$$.

Anyway. I found it pretty difficult removing them, and i have a couple questions.

First: I used the 1 inch chizzle that mechanic recommended. It did the job, BUT. The IC chip still had the strip of lowgrade attached to it by the soldered pins on the back. Will that reduce value? Obviously this is a question for my buyer. But i figured since their are enough buyers here, i should get a decent answer.

Second: I used a box knife to cut the pins. It was a PITA and didnt work too well.

Third: I used a flat head screw driver to do the same thing as the chisel, still a PITA.

Fourth: Once i got one side free, id grab it with my needle nose and try to 'wiggle' it off, or pull it off. Most of the time it ended up chunking up the IC chip.

Which leads too my last question: If the IC chips are broken in any way, are they still purchasable?

Sorry for the list of questions, but i figured they'd be asked eventually by someone haha.

OH. I also tried to use my side cutters to cut the pins, just get on the end of it and cut. But see, on 99.9999999999999% of lowgrade, their just aint enough danged room to do that. So i'm wondering, dude who said he uses those fancy side cutters, how do ya do it?



Thanks yall. Appreciate the help and the knowledge yall have.