Wow thank you for all of this useful information! Yes I remember reading that Apple branded chips were horrible and I guess I will change all of them then.

Yes I want to keep this thing as original as possible so I'm debating if I shoud use the sockets I have or just put the chips in directly.

Sorry for the delayed response but I was in school.

I hope I'm able to remove all of these chips just using the radio shack tool I ordered.

Thanks for the advice on adding solder to the legs first also and moving them with a needle nose prior to removing. This will be very useful and probably save me a lot of stress.

Thank you everyone on this forum providing me with all of this info it's really interesting and fun learning about all of this stuff!