Hi guys,
I've recently been doing some repairs and replacing sockets on a few older boards due to corrosion or a bad connection and have once again contemplated machined pin vs standard sockets.
Machined pin sockets tend to get a bad rap mostly due to bad installation, but I don't understand what causes the installation to end up going bad and ruining a board. I assumed the new socket would go into where the old one did, though the machined pin would obviously require a cleaner through hole than a normal socket may require.
Is there any reason to forgo machined pin sockets in favour of standard sockets when doing a repair?
Is there any reason not to use a machined pin socket to socket a chip that would otherwise be soldered directly (looking at socketing some SRAM on a Sega board that needs replacing)
What causes people to mess these up and ruin a board?
I've recently been doing some repairs and replacing sockets on a few older boards due to corrosion or a bad connection and have once again contemplated machined pin vs standard sockets.
Machined pin sockets tend to get a bad rap mostly due to bad installation, but I don't understand what causes the installation to end up going bad and ruining a board. I assumed the new socket would go into where the old one did, though the machined pin would obviously require a cleaner through hole than a normal socket may require.
Is there any reason to forgo machined pin sockets in favour of standard sockets when doing a repair?
Is there any reason not to use a machined pin socket to socket a chip that would otherwise be soldered directly (looking at socketing some SRAM on a Sega board that needs replacing)
What causes people to mess these up and ruin a board?



