[Coco] Coco 2b problem: reboots when accessing the disk

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Tue Feb 26 15:01:58 EST 2013


On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Bruce W. Calkins <brucewcalkins at charter.net
> wrote:

> I'd go with the less costly version, in a quality socket.  Cut the legs on
> the dead one with small diagonal cutters and use a solder sucker and maybe
> a toothpick to clean out each hole, then solder in a socket.
>

A toothpick is a bit large, but I've found an ordinary straight pin has
exactly the right diameter.  Plus you can heat it and force it through a
solder-clogged hole
(while holding it with a pliers, of course).

Art



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