Rip the plastic parts of the socket off the top surface (jam a small screw
driver under one end and twist, or, if some tracks may get damaged, grab the
edges with needle nosed pliers and pull).
Then remove the remains of each pin one at a time by heating the solder
joint while pulling the pin from the other side with needle nosed pliers or
a pair of tweesers.

Bye.

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Alice Campbell [SMTP:1502amc@LO.SCSENG.COM]
        Sent:   Tuesday, 27 July 1999 18:08
        To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
        Subject:        oops...now what do i do?

        hello all,

        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.

        thanks,
        alice