Definitions

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  • verb To remove solder (from)
  • verb To separate by removing solder

Etymologies

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de- +‎ solder

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Examples

  • I don't have the skill to desolder chips from the board without ruining it.

    TiVo Community 2010

  • I tried to rush and desolder-resolder the capacitors.

    MAKE Magazine Keith Hammond 2010

  • [PIC] looks pretty normal for an HP TX1000 .. the heat will cause the ball grid array to desolder, and HP doesn't even acknowledge the problem.

    reddit.com: what's new online! 2009

  • I am using a mesh desolder and I believe that the iron is not hot enough to melt the metal.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • I am using a mesh desolder and I believe that the iron is not hot enough to melt the metal.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • They dissected a mbp and proved that against the claims of nvidia a buggy graphic chip has been used - and that highly plausible to me (Quote: "buy a Macbook off the shelf, disassemble it, desolder the chips, saw them in half, encase them in lucite, and run them through a scanning electron microscope equipped with an X-ray microanalysis system")

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • But you don't have to desolder anything, the connector just slides of.

    WordPress.com News Ian Lesnet 2008

  • This page details how to desolder the camera itself and build a standalone circuit for it so that it can be connected to an I2C bus, and subsequently a computer (i think, anyway - the schematics are in English, and there's a video). this page talks about how to connect the camera to an Arduino via some of I2C shield that he's built.

    MAKE Magazine 2008

  • This page details how to desolder the camera itself and build a standalone circuit for it so that it can be connected to an I2C bus, and subsequently a computer (i think, anyway - the schematics are in English, and there's a video). this page talks about how to connect the camera to an Arduino via some of I2C shield that he's built.

    Daily DIY 2008

  • If you do it properly (don't short anything on the card AND don't desolder anything else) you should atill be able to use the card.

    WordPress.com News Ian Lesnet 2008

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