[s-cars] soldering in chipsets

[Marc Gorelick]

The only thing I'd add to this is that it's a good idea to use a clip-on 
heat sink on the chip you are soldering. That way you don't overheat it 
if you keep the iron on the thing for too long.

Mark Strangways wrote:
> I just dove in with a soldering iron, solder vac and some desolder braid.
> I am not too smart and not scared of much, but all in all I have done a few 
> with out problems.
> I do SMT chips as well, but they are a bitch at times.
>
> If you have shaky hands, and poor constitution... farm it out. Otherwise, 
> take a chance..
>
> YMMV, I will not be responsible for your damaged ECU... blah blah.. you get 
> the idea.
> IMHO, it just ain't all that bad.
>
> Mark
>