Comments on: Jonard EX-2 review: The best chip puller

By: cuvtixo

cuvtixo — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:12:33 +0000

In reply to Dave Farquhar. Someone who says such a thing about reseating a chip isn't worth reasoning with. It's like arguing with a madman- you've lost before you even start. But Happy Holidays!

By: Dave Farquhar

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:26:10 +0000

In reply to frederick kilner.

I’m sorry but reseating a chip is a perfectly valid troubleshooting step. And the likelihood of breaking something by reseating a chip is minimal, with the correct tool. I’m not in the habit of routinely reseating chips unless I have reason to think there’s a problem, but if the chip is giving you trouble, that’s the first thing you’re supposed to do. I’ve been doing it that way since the late 80s.

I’m not sure what a RIFA cap has to do with reseating chips, but I would caution you against using a salvaged RIFA cap long term, especially one that came off a mystery power supply board. It’s likely to develop the same problem. Better to replace it with a modern X2 cap that won’t fail and smoke on you.

By: frederick kilner

frederick kilner — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 07:52:44 +0000

Reseat a chip? Fixing something which isn’t broken is against my religion and likely to break something else which would of lasted for years.
A capacitor in an Apple ][ power supply I use to power a Blaupunk car stereo indoors smoked and released goo. A RIFA paper 40/085/56 250V~ failed which seems not unusual for one of those to fail. I replaced it with a similar RIFA off a mystery junk maybe power supply board and everything is good again.