Removing Agnus chip, what a %#$%!

[koaftder]

Screwdrivers and PLCC sockets don't mix. You're lucky you didn't split the corners.

[koaftder]

The reason why I suggested 4 was so that they would come together to form the corners...

Actually I think I'm using the wrong term... zip-ties are what I'm thinking of...



Obviously that is the proper way to fix it, but if you ham-fisted enough to break the PLCC socket then you might be better off doing the zip-tie fix.

That's a great tip. Wish I would have thought of that last time I ruined a PLCC socket. I ended up removing the socket and soldered the chip right to the board.

[koaftder]

Is soldering it into the board bad?

No, but it's only a simple solution if the socket is surface mount and the pads on the chip line up. You risk lifting traces off the PCB removing a socket as well.