# How to test if an OTA is broken?

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**Category:** DIY STUFF\
**Created:** [December 25, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/how-to-test-if-an-ota-is-broken/4422 "2021-12-25T03:10:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/how-to-test-if-an-ota-is-broken/4422/5 "2021-12-26T03:56:20Z")

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It may be attempting to escape

> [@ICs jumping out of their sockets](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/ics-jumping-out-of-their-sockets/2028/1):
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> I have a module I’m putting together and it has two 16 pin ICs and one 8 pin ICs. The 8 pin IC is fine, but the 16 pin ones (one to a greater degree than the other) won’t stay in their sockets. The least force will dislodge them. I’ve had one literally leap out of the socket and land a couple inches away while I was pressing a scope probe to the other side of the board.

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