Hello all.
I have an old TL866CS EPROM programmer. It gets a lot of use. At this point it will not recognize a chip unless i press down on it with lots of force and lock it in place. Even then i sometimes need to get it in just the right place.
It seems to me the socket is either becoming loose or very dirty. How would anyone recommend fixing this issue? I dont know how these sockets work mechanically, so i'm not sure where to start with trying to fix it.
I have a shelf spare TL866 in case this one dies but i would like to run it for as long as possible before replacing it. I have already repaired the usb port on it and hope to not give up on it quite yet.