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If not, heat up that mounting pad, and move the
slot around until the socket is aligned. Then
solder the remaining mounting pads.
The trick with this card slot is to feed your thin
solder in from the top (Figure
S
), and insert your
soldering iron from the side. It helps to use a PCB
holder, or to simply place the board at the edge of
a table while you work, so that you can insert the
tip of your soldering iron straight in.
Use your magnifying loupe to look inside the
slot and make sure all the pads are soldered in
place (Figure
T
).
5. SOLDER SURFACE-MOUNT
CONNECTORS
There are seven surface-mount connectors to
solder ...