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Do you need to re-heat the solder with a heat gun?

Hi, i have the read ring of death and i just bought the kit to fix it. However i have watched many toturials on how to fix this and most of them use a heat gun. Is this necessary to do?

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zachbelmont, it most certainly will yield a higher success if you do. The kit is strictly proving additional pressure on the GPU/CPU to try to close cracks in the solder joints. Combining this with a reflow with a heat gun may just add to a good repair. Check on here step 49 will explain it. Check on here for the reflow guide. Hope this helps, good luck.

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