runawayabc123
Well-known member
I am trying to desolder the player 3/4 15pin headers off of a crime fighters board. I want to reuse the headers.
As I want to save the headers, the board isn't important. Someone "tried" fixing it before I got it and it has lots of soldering messes on it. Maybe it is repairable, maybe not. (It works, but sound goes wacko and it can freeze up.) It is the 2ply version and won't miss the player 3/4 15pin headers either.
Anyway, I have soldered them and desoldered them and again. Mostly using copper braid. My sucker (first time with it really) doesn't seem to want to pull anything from it. I've tried generous amounts of flux.
The holes are really tight/small.
Any tips/tricks?
I am ready to trash the board with fury to get them out. But, I would like to do it the right way, for practice, if anything else.
As I want to save the headers, the board isn't important. Someone "tried" fixing it before I got it and it has lots of soldering messes on it. Maybe it is repairable, maybe not. (It works, but sound goes wacko and it can freeze up.) It is the 2ply version and won't miss the player 3/4 15pin headers either.
Anyway, I have soldered them and desoldered them and again. Mostly using copper braid. My sucker (first time with it really) doesn't seem to want to pull anything from it. I've tried generous amounts of flux.
The holes are really tight/small.
Any tips/tricks?
I am ready to trash the board with fury to get them out. But, I would like to do it the right way, for practice, if anything else.

