Large, modified paper clips work well as chip pullers.
A chip puller is a simple, tweezer-type tool that helps you remove a chip from an electronics board, such as a motherboard, without breaking or bending the pins that hold it in place. Sometimes it is easier to use a homemade chip puller instead of a standard chip puller because you can customize its tips to the chip socket size and the angle at which the chip is seated.
Instructions
Paper Clip---One-Sided Chip Puller
1. Unbend a large paper clip until it is in a straight line.
2. Use pliers to strip back the rubber or plastic coating on one end of the paper clip until about 1/4 inch of wire is exposed.
3. File the exposed metal end with a metal file until the end has a point that will get under a computer chip to pull it from an electronics board.
4. Shape the exposed wire with the pliers so that your chip puller end is angled. This will help you pull a computer chip up and out of its pin setting on an electronics board.
Paper Clip---Double-Sided Chip Puller
5. Align the wire cutters on a large paper clip so that you cut through it slightly below where the inner bend ends. The inner pieces should fall out. You should now have an open-ended oblong shape like a pair of tweezers.
6. Use pliers to strip back the rubber or plastic coating on the paper clip ends until about 1/4 inch of wire is exposed on each end.
7. File the exposed metal ends with a metal file until each end has a point.
8. Shape the exposed wire with the pliers so that your chip puller end is angled. This will help you pull a computer chip up and out of its pin setting on an electronics board.
Tweezers
9. If you need a stiffer chip puller for more difficult chip pulling, use a metal file to file the ends of lightweight, soft metal tweezers into sharp points.
10. Bend the tweezer sides inward or outward with pliers, depending on the size of the computer chip, to aid in gripping the chip's sides.
11. Bend the tweezer tips inward at an angle that will help you get underneath a computer chip to pull it out.
12. Wrap thin strips of duct tape around the handle and sides of the tweezers to give you a better grip.
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