Sorry I thought that was self explanatory hence why I did not mention it....

Highly doubt it's not a socket issue as this was a brand new board we were using for a new build, and have already done the troubleshooting on it. It wont be a PCIE/GPU issue as we tried a non F CPU (i5 12400) and it still had the same issue. I can see multiple bent pins hence why I went to the socket replacement. Could still be a board fault but highly unlikely....

Yeah I know, that's exactly why I do not want to invest too much into equipment to assist with it. TBH this boards pretty cheap as well, $130 for a new one so yes it's not worth it.

That's not why I'm doing it though. I'm doing it as a learning experience to try improve my skills. The boards dead. 6 beeps and wont post. So what's the worst that can happen? It will be a good learning exercise and was hoping to get some do's and don'ts so I can give myself the best chance at it working first time.
Instead of screwing up the 2 sockets I bought and me wanting to buy more of them...

Hi All,

Just wanted to see if I can get some advice on techniques and equipment I should use to try replace the socket on a Gigabyte H610M h v2ddr4 I have.

I was planning on using a heat mat I have that's used for phone, tablet screens, as a base heater than use hot air with a square nozzle on top. Yes I should get a proper preheater but I'm not in the position to go spend 300+ bucks on something I will use every 6 months if I'm lucky. Next expense I need to get is a decent programmer like the RT809H but again it would get used infrequently so hard to justify.
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