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Originally Posted by catogtp
If you lifted a pad are you sure you want to try to solder to a trace or IC?
You may want to step away from the drive and find someone to fix it.
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I think he had it quick-soldered which is why a pad was removed when he tried to remove the chip... I wouldn't say a removed pad in this case indicates bad soldering skills. Hell, i've removed a few pads in the early days by removing quicksolder jobs.