[cuy50]

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Originally Posted by Pyranite doesnt conventional solder have a tendency to melt at lowish temps?

The lowest melting point of most solder is 90 degrees Celsius, so it would theoretically be safe.

 

[cuy50]

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Originally Posted by michinmuri I just read in wiki that even the lower ones melt at like 430F. They should work and without damaging the CPU. I did some reasearch before asking this seemingly "dumb" question.

The trick would be to keep the solder hot enough so it remains liquid while you add the heatsink, but then I imagine the CPU could get damaged by warming solder on it...and then also solder can get messy....