Asus P5E3 Premium Wi-fi-AP

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Hey guys

Just received this board and am having trouble with removing the passive cooling setup. I have unsecured the screws and pushpins but the both the SB and NB do not budge.

Should I let it be?

Not really crazy about breaking out the heat gun, but maybe plugging the board in and running it 4 a bit should loosen up the sh*t they applied on there.

Grrr

I'm trying to figure that one out myself, because next weekend everything is going water.

So, if anyone has any ideas as to the easiest way to remove them, the suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!

Actually it is pretty hard, i has a ton of thermal paste and it is really sticky, i used a hair dryer at the point of almost burning my fingers then it came out. The bad part is you are really limited to twist the heatsink to help removing it, be careful because i bended the heatpipe that goes to the SB in the process.