Disabling Upper RAM

[1024MAK]

The normal answer to removing chips (this assumes the chip is being removed because it’s faulty) is to cut all of it’s pins as close to the plastic package as possible. Remove the plastic package, then each pin can be removed with long nose pliers while the solder is kept molten with the hot iron.

Of course this is no good if you want to reuse the chip... then the best method is hot air, but you have to get things just right...

Mark

[HappyLittleDiodes]

Thanks Mark.
Yes I'm a bit concerned about the heat gun. No problems so far but I find it a bit unrefined when the board gets a bit wobbly with the heat

[HappyLittleDiodes]

The copper tape repair went beautifully, I captured it with the microscope and the spectrum now boots correctly

[speccyplus]

For you feel better pleasure. Top side just had a few traces, bottom was a disaster ground. I did the full nuke on removing all the upper ram and logic chips and for some reason that section gave me all the trouble (ram). Rest was 98% fine. Good news is I have a fully socketed board once I get that last two sockets in.

Not my best work or my most proud, I have never had so much trouble desoldering components than on this board being so fragile.

So many pads came off on the 32k section from previous damage. Not needed as they were not connected to anything, but still. Next time I will try the thin wire repairs hidden by the socket, that I have seen folks do. You need a steady hand...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRSQOOY67DU

Did you use a heat gun to help with removing the chips?
I find it makes the actual removal a lot smoother, but you still have to take the time to get as much solder out as possible!

I'll let you know how I get on using the tape

I have a power vacuum solder sucker, and it was horrible, it usually works quite well. I had better luck with a manual sucker, and cleaning the holes out that way.

For whatever reason extracting solder from the upper ram I ran into nothing coming out well. Other chips usually sucked them clean and I could gently push the sides of the chips to free them from within the holes.

No heat gun.