28-09-2016, 07:03 PM
Hi Frank,
I've melted away the wax and now we know why it was applied in the first place. The wax was used to protect the very thin connection wires used to connect an SMD type device to a PCB designed to employ a standard 14 pin N type IC package. That is an IC with 0.1inch pin spacing.
It's assumed that the IC is faulty so I've nothing to loose by removing it in order to find out the type it is.
The attachment shows clearly that it is an SMD chip. So it's possible when it is removed and identified there might possibly be a pin for pin compatible device available to replace it.
Geordie McBoyne.
I've melted away the wax and now we know why it was applied in the first place. The wax was used to protect the very thin connection wires used to connect an SMD type device to a PCB designed to employ a standard 14 pin N type IC package. That is an IC with 0.1inch pin spacing.
It's assumed that the IC is faulty so I've nothing to loose by removing it in order to find out the type it is.
The attachment shows clearly that it is an SMD chip. So it's possible when it is removed and identified there might possibly be a pin for pin compatible device available to replace it.
Geordie McBoyne.
