nice!view socket came filled with solder in the PCB.
Hi everyone, I'm new to soldering and split keyboards to please bare with me. I recently started building my low profile corne and noticed on my right pcb that the nice!view socket was filled in with solder. I hadn't thought much of it because I wasn't familiar with the steps to install the the nice!view. I had followed the build guide off the website and completed soldering the nice!nano and the hotswap sockets. When I reached the step to install the nice!view and saw that I was supposed to place the socket on the board, I realized that this would be a problem since the solder is blocking the input for the socket (See photos).
Does anyone have any tips on how to remove the solder so I can insert the nice!view socket? This is my first time soldering so I'm not to sure this is even something that can be removed. Any help is appreciated.
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If you’re going to solder pins into that hole anyway, you can melt that existing solder and then insert the pin?
I tried touching it with my iron at 300°C and it did not melt very easily. I’m a little worried about going hotter and damaging components.
I would have to melt it the full way through in order to insert the socket pins.
Try adding flux to help the solder flow, and use a wick to draw out the solder
Can try a solder sucker too
Once you've cleared the opening, can use isopropyl with q-tip to clean up the pad and excess flux
I'll give that a try thanks.