juno 106 chip desoldering

[Don T]

I don't plan to damage anything if I can help, but out of curiosity how serious is damaging a trace? Are they repaired easily enough, or would that be a huge nightmare?

I think I've seen a video of someone scraping a trace and re-soldering it or something but given I can't even get a chip out I'm assuming it's beyond my skill-set.

Just tossing up whether to give it one more try or snap the chip/pass it to more capable hands.

If you've never repaired a trace before, the Juno-106 is the LAST thing I suggest using to learn! I've been doing repair tech work professionally for quite a few years now,and the first Juno-106 I worked on, I lifted a couple traces and pads on one of the voice chips. I successfully repaired the traces, but it was a huge PITA. There isn't much room to work on top of the board.

Want to guess what I bought with the money I got from that repair?
Hakko 808

[elsquirrel]

I gave it another shot and got very close, but ultimately there is still tiny bits of solder between the leg and hole that won't come out. If I keep trying I'm going damage something so I'm cutting my loses and I'm looking to just snap it off and put a replacement in. Has anyone been in contact with analogue renaissance in regards to the clone chips? I've sent several emails but no response in quite a while.