I think that you are not supposed to hand solder a d-pak. Try to use the famous oven baking smd method imho. Or a hot air blower as sold for setting pvc floors. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads