Cleaned with flux/solder braid but still a short between pin 7+8, and another crossing 10-13 remain. I imagine this was damaged when the chip was removed and scratched the board. However, and do correct me if I am mistaken, all of these pins are just grounded anyways so it should not be problematic??
I've never seen a QMX in quite this state, every time I have previously replaced these chips they have arrived to me with no repair attempted and it is time consuming but not beyond my ability to change. This definitely threw me off seeing the damage on the board.?
Thanks for the help all.? -- Daniel ZL2DTL/ZL4YOTA?