Alice Campbell wrote:

> can anyone tell me how to remove a 18-pin socket from a pcb? i, kind
> of, um, may have melted a hole in it messing with the crystal caps.

  Pare back the distorted plastic so the chip fits again.  Where's the
problem?  Also, what is "*may* have (melted a hole)"?
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  Cheers,
        Paul B.