Quote Originally Posted by skimask View Post
How about the prototyping board itself? We've had some discussion here lately about how badly those things will treat you over time, connections not working, intermittent connections, etc. I've started replacing all of mine (got tired of messing with bad connections).
Have you tried putting the chip at the other end of the board or anything like that?
Very good point! I just bought 4 replacements last month.