Killed my Driver ..... Fudgenuggets !!!

[Kookapeli]

Well I went to put my 445 together in one of Mohrenbergs Trustfire kits soldered the diode leads on, no probs, went to solder the batt leads on
hands got a liitle shaky and de-soldered one of the chips, arse !!!!! it was a Microflex too :yabbmad: at least it wasn't my 445 gone LED

 

[LarryDFW]

Kookapeli;

You may be able to fix it.

Carefully place the chip where it belongs. (flux will help)

Stick it on a non-food pan, and heat it in the oven to 410 degrees F for ten minutes.

Take the board out and see if the solder has melted.

If not put it back for another five minutes.

LarryDFW