HELP! Digi Ecu removal

[Daddycool]

Right I need some help here, Ive bought a new ecu chip from a ebay to get rid of my digi-lag & Ive dismatled the ecu & got to the original chip. But how do you remove it? its a long thin chip & when I try & pull it out it flexes in the middle!! so im a bit scared as I dont what to break anything!!

Any advice would be appreciated Im sure Ive read on here that people have swaped there chips before.

Cheers.

[...joe]

i used a flat bladed screwdriver either end and teased it up a bit at a time. came out easy!

[Bluefox]

Careful you don't damage any of the pins when you remove the old chip though, if you want to refit it at some point. Keeping it in a match box helps as well

[Daddycool]

Cheers, gentle prising!! Ive put the it all back together so I could drive to work!! but ill be having another go when I get home