Looking for someone who can desolder an NES CPU and PPU

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I'm not 100% sure this is the right board for it, but it mostly is so here goes. I've got a bit of an odd request.

I'm looking for the services of someone who has the tools and skills necessary to remove the CPU and PPU from a Nintendo Entertainment System (or Famicom) motherboard without damaging the chips or leaving solder on any of the pins and then mailing the chips back to me.

The only thing I need are the chips themselves; I have no use for the rest of the motherboard. Whoever can do this for me can keep the rest of the motherboard (or trash it) and I don't need the casing either; it might be worthwhile if you ever wanted to build their own NES DVD player.

The only other parts of the junked NES I want to keep are the controller ports; they simply disconnect from the motherboard.

At present, I don't own a system to donate for this purpose, but I'm willing to adapt depending on who may reply and what they can offer;

Ideally, I'm looking for someone who has the tools and skill to remove the chips and also already has a dead they don't mind cutting up for me (a working system with a bad case of the red flashing power light or maybe a dead system with a shot power supply or really worn cartridge slot) Not a dead system with a bad motherboard as that wouldn't help at all with what I need

Slightly less idealy, if you can help and live in Canada but don't have an NES, can you find one for cheap? If not, I can make arrangements to ship you the motherboard directly.

Lastly, if you can help but live in the US and don't have a system to hack apart, can you find one for cheap? Again if not, I can make arrangements to buy one off ebay and have it send to you. This would probably end up being the most expensive option for me, so I'd like to avoid it if at all possible.

Beyond the potential cost of an a nonworking/cheap NES and shipping to and from, I'm offering $10 for the work itself of removing the chips. For someone with the tools, it should take less than $10 of your time. Even if you don't have a professional component desoldering device, a plain ol' heatgun should do the trick.

I'd do it myself, but I simply don't have the needed skill to be able to remove the chips without damaging them.

FYI, the reason I'm asking for these chips is to place them into a socketed hardware Famiclone, which will operate as a fully functional Famicom if it's fitted with the real chips.


Sorry for the long and confusing most. Hopefully my request is understandable when read by someone else

[Wobble The Hutt]

pm sent!

[Hobie-wan]

I was gonna say, the chips are short enough a heatgun would work, but you did mention that.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Yes. Maybe the heatgun I have isn't powerful enough (I think its 400 degrees?) or I'm just not doing it right. So Yeah. Looking for someone who can do it and do it without destroying either chip, which I slightly worry about when it comes to using a heatgun.

[Hobie-wan]

Yes. Maybe the heatgun I have isn't powerful enough (I think its 400 degrees?) or I'm just not doing it right. So Yeah. Looking for someone who can do it and do it without destroying either chip, which I slightly worry about when it comes to using a heatgun.

Lead solder has a melting point just below 400 degrees F. If it is any other variety of solder, it will have a higher melting temperature. So even if your heatgun is brand new and working great it would be hard (or impossible) to keep the whole thing warm enough at the same time to pop it out. I bought a 700/1000F heat gun that I was using to get some ISA slots out of some old motherboards. I did cut the slots in half first to make them easier since I needed shorter lengths for the Jag cables I made. I was worried I was going to melt the plastic or roast the board, but it worked out fine with no cooking. I had the board upside down and held from the sides only so stuff could drop as it melted. I was using a pry tool carefully but just kept the heatgun moving and it went fine. lightly tapping the board works too as surface mount resistors and things were falling off like crazy.

That being said I'm sure I could do it, but I don't have a sacrificial NES. Maybe this will help someone else do it though.