jcsveth Posted February 28, 2005 Posted February 28, 2005 Does anyone have any extra from the bulk purchase? Any ideas on where to go for small purchases?
airmailed Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 i did see one us website selling ymf262's in single amounts for $7.95, but no yacs to go with them, it could be that the guy could get some yacs as well, i can't remember the address, but i found it when i was searching for suppliers.. hope this helps
AndrewMartens Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 Alternately you could buy a few old soundcards that have them onboard, learn to desolder SMT chips on something that isn't the YMF or YAC, and then be very very careful. I picked up a bunch of soundcards before airmailed's bulk order, so that's the route that I plan on taking. It's not for the faint of heart, though - if you don't have complete confidence in your soldering abilities, you definitely won't want to try desolderin ghtme.
Davo Posted March 1, 2005 Posted March 1, 2005 There's a shop in the town I live in that has a bin full of old soundcards. That's the route I took. To get the chips off the board, I laid copper braid over the joints, pressed a hot iron over it, and wicked up the solder. Then using a fresh exacto knife, I gently lifted the pins one by one. It's not terribly difficult to desolder these chips. A solder-sucker is overkill.
jcsveth Posted March 5, 2005 Author Posted March 5, 2005 Thanks All - I will probably go the soundcard route but I was hoping someone had ordered extra from the group order and would like to sell them.
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