Asus Maximus SE X38 WC with MIPS Mosfets, SB,NB

[neo_rtr]

I started taking off the 4 screws around the Northbridge and then i removed with a bent long noise plier the plastic pins from the south bridge and the mosfets

Removing the plastic pin off the mosfet
I did the following press it with the noisetip and with my fingernail press it again to come out from the other side.

By neo_rtr, shot with DiMAGE X1 at 2008-02-20

Removing the South/North Bridge

I started with a COMPRESSED AIR CAN to cool it down. Besides the fact that it came all over did do a thing. Both chips are rocksolid and nothing i did made it better.
At the time i try to put dentalfloss between the heatsink and the chipset to see if there is a gap so i could try that first. Well that did not work.
Then i tried to move it sidewise. nope that did not helped either.
I tried to put a plastic card and see if i could get anywhere under the heatsink but as the space is limited came up empty handed.

Took the hairdryer and sterted with it. after several minutes i trought give it a go.. BIG Nothing. either chips didnt want to move a mm.

Back to the aircan. with the MB inverted pressed for several secs and in did it become very cold. Then again try to move it sideways.nothing.

After spending about 1 hour trying to cold.warm,cold etc i was ready to give up.
then .....

I cut a piece of a credit card.put it between the MB and the heat sink. again some with the aircan to get it cold and then put the tip of the screwdriver and with a twist i heard the CRACK!!! resulting to 5 years of my life scared sh...less.
But to my big surprise the SB come off!!!
So i did the same for the NB with the same crack and 5 more years gone,

By neo_rtr, shot with DiMAGE X1 at 2008-02-20



By neo_rtr, shot with DiMAGE X1 at 2008-02-20


By neo_rtr, shot with DiMAGE X1 at 2008-02-20

Apparently the thermalp ast ASUS is using was rock solid. Pieces that i removed after where hard like stone and did not gave much to heat.
Remember that i been using the MB since Dec07 about 3months solid.

The SB ws removed clean with very few traces of the thermal paste.
The NB was few spots what i tried to clean with ArticClean 1,2 with no luck. After about 1hours used aceton and it removed in a sec.
This brings me to the point. IF it was posible to put some aceton between the chips and the heatsink it would make life much easier to remove them. Just need a way to get it there.