Repairing IC pins

[Dwight K. Elvey]

>From: "Paul Koning" <pkoning at equallogic.com>
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>>>>>> "Dwight" == Dwight K Elvey <dwight.elvey at amd.com> writes:
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> Dwight> ...  I have a number of RAM IC that are
> Dwight> gradually failing because they have the iron cored pins. I
> Dwight> guess these were cheaper ...
>
>Probably not.  Chances are the pin is actually made of Kovar or some

Hi Paul
 No, these are made with iron. It clings solidly to
a magnet. The cores are definitely form one of the iron oxides.
These are on plastic and not ceramic packages. Not many materials
cling that well to a magnet, other than iron that I know of.
Dwight