How to: CPU Socket Reflow

[SteveNielsen]

Re: How to: CPU Socket Reflow

that is some useful info there, thanks!



I did not forget to try this. the air from the heat gun kept blowing the solder wire off the board so i gave up.

tried it again just now with a piece of solder wire propped up against the cpu socket on a dead motherboard. blasted it with the heat gun till the board started to make popping sounds :S.

the wire curled into a ball fairly quickly and was malleable at the end but it did not melt in any sense of the word.

Use a piece of solder long enough to bend at an angle then the air won't roll it off.