Remove an old chip socket

Steps

• Pry the plastic frame up with a small screwdriver, taking care not to cut traces.
• Add a little solder to each exposed leg.
• Heat each leg and pull it out with needle-nose pliers, or suck it out with a solder sucker from the component side.
• Clear each hole, then lightly sand the area with 220 grit.
• Check for lifted or broken traces with the meter on continuity; ROM sockets share most pins, which makes testing easy.

Systems

• Williams System 3
• Williams System 4
• Williams System 6 / 6A
• Williams System 7

Related tips

• Chips that commonly fail on System 3-7 boards
• Which RAM chips go at IC13 and IC16
• System 7 CPU ROM sockets
• Memory protect chips to check after the 5101
• Obsolete chips on System 3 to 7 CPU boards
• CPU chips Leon's test code does not need
• Lockups and locked-on coils from worn chip sockets
• Williams house numbers for the 6800-family chips

Source: Repairing Williams System 3 to System 7 Pinball 1977 to 1984, Part One, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)