Quote Originally Posted by mackrackit View Post
Heat the connection and use compressed air to blow the solder away.
Sounds like fun

I dont have a desoldering tool. Ill have a look for one when i go to the Maplin in Nottingham. Not sure where i would get compressed air from but i think i could put something together. Other than that i look like cutting the pins off the chip with a stanley knife and desoldering them 1 at a time.

Im gonna see if Maplin have some DIL sockets too and hopefully when i turn it on again it wont start smoking.

Thanx for the suggestions