Anyone every try de-soldering FV-1 chips? (how much heat can they withstand?)

[varlogtim]

I just de-soldered a couple FV-1 chips from a board I wasn't going to use. The process was pretty quick but they were definitely too hot to hold after.

My plan was to use this on another board. However, now I am wondering if I should just buy new chips and solder those because I don't want to spend a chunk of time soldering this, and other components, only to have a board with dead chips.

I guess my question is, has anyone done this? Or does anyone have any experience doing this with surface mount chips? What is the likely hood that these are still viable?

By the way, the method I used was; a large solder glob and tweezers.

(I probably shouldn't have been so hasty)

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

You can get a sot28 socket like this and set up a little testing rig on veroboard to make sure your chips are still working before you solder them to a new board

 

[Nostradoomus]

The easiest way I’ve found to do it is flux and solder wick. Lay your iron (I use a K style tip for this) on the wick and just drag it across the pins. The FV-1 can take a bit of heat, I haven’t fried one yet.