Quote Originally Posted by leojharris
as far as an alternate method for exposing the cpu, could you use a circular sander disc with fairly high grit sand paper (1000) or so ... and sand down until your completely through the IHS and even a tad into the silicon of the cpu (to clean it of any solder)?

would that leave too much of the IHS around the sides and perhaps cause shorts?
With 1000 grit sandpaper you'd wait hours for it to sand through the whole IHS. I'd say that this method doesn't really sound too good. Better get rid of the whole IHS at once. But that's just my .