The one you sent me in the noise mod. I finally got it out. I had to cut all the legs then pull them out one by one while heating them
[edit] I think I've ruined the board where the IC socket goes... A couple of the solder grommets are gone. I'm afraid I've made a very expensive boat anchor. If it wasn't for this one piece this whole mod would be a piece of cake.
[edit] I'm going to keep going. I've installed the IC... maybe it will still work...
The next piece is the 270pF cap. The one in the kit says 250 +- 5% v SM500
Does it matter which way it goes in?
[edit] I installed the cap and hope it doesn't matter which way it goes. Diode is in correctly. Main board noise mod is done... hope the IC works...
[edit] With this all in place can I plug it in to see if the MP1 still works? I haven't done the SS mod or the MDRT mod. If the MP1 doesn't work I don't want to waste the SS or MDRT mods.