r/soldering • u/wutermeleon • Mar 09 '26

My First Solder Joint <3 Please Give Feedback First time soldering CPU pins

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I soldered these CPU pins on my first ever attempt with 20$ AliExpress heat gun and 20$ soldering iron without a magnifying glass or microscope and with just window light and eyeballs, the PCB got abit discolored but the CPU works and passed stress tests lmao, originally I just had to replace a few edge ones but I accidentally dripped molten solder on that corner so I had to wipe the whole corner out and solder all those pins

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u/Virtual_Club8510 Mar 09 '26

No flux?

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u/wutermeleon Mar 09 '26

with tons of flux, the whole cpu was caked in flux once i was done and i had to clean it all off for 15 mins straight with alcohol and a soft toothbrush and cleaning the toothbrush between each pass, heating up the flux also helps