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Heatsink Backplate Removal Tips Needed

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Limp Gawd
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The time has come, I have to -regrettably- swap my Enzotech Ultra-X out with something a little smaller.

So the question becomes, how the hell do I get the backplate off? Are there any seasoned air-overclockers out there that might go through this a lot?

The only tips I've found so far are to heat the backplate with a hair dryer and slowly pry it off the motherboard.

I presume however I manage to remove it yields the backplate completely unusable for future heatsink installation too?

I wouldn't actually need to remove it if any of heatsinks used the same design - it's much more sturdy than the other LGA775 clip-on technique a lot of heatsinks use.

Tips? Thoughts? Backplate-compatible heatsink suggestions? :)
 
Well, I just had a similar experience with my Tuniq Tower I needed to swap to another motherboard. The backplate is attached to the motherboard with a hollow square of double sided foam tape. It simply would not come off, so I got out my heat gun and got the backplate nice and hot. This allowed it to seperate from the foam tape. Unfortunately, I doubt you're going to be able to save the tape so you'll have to improvise like I did. Buy a roll of 3M double sided foam tape, cut it to the dimensions of the tape you're replacing, and stick it on your backplate. Worked great for me.

I guess if you don't have a hairdryer or heat gun you could hold it up to a lightbulb for a minute, that should get it nice and toasty.... then again, don't blame me if you kill your board.
 
Thanks for the response Astral Abyss. I would have been more worried about your heatgun actually than a lightbulb! How did you actually get it off when finished? Did it simply peel off with your fingers once it was warm enough?

God I wonder what such direct heat does to the motherboard...

Thanks again!
 
I guess you're right about the heatgun vs lightbulb. Yeah it was too hot to touch, but I used some spring loaded pliers and grabbed it and it just came right off like a price tag on a box.

I wasn't too worried about the mobo since I'm sending it in for RMA... but any small amount of heat should help to soften the glue and allow it to come up more easily.
 
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