Nice, lucky guys. I also join the lucky club. I had used some Arctic Silver Thermal Epoxy on my Southbridge of my older 680i board. It worked great. But I am selling the board and decided to try and remove the chipset cooler I "bonded" on. Yeah.....totally ripped the whole tiny IHS off that tiny little chip. I am not sure what kind of metal it is, but is sure is shiny.

Anyway, after freaking out, I mixed up a bunch more thermal epoxy, stuck a bunch in where the IHS used to be, then stuck the stock cooler on, and prayed.

Yesterday, I thought I would give the board a try. To my amazement, the thing booted up, got into the BIOS, temps were Great, and all the devices were showing up! I am so lucky!