Watercooling options for the Rampage II Extreme

[tistou77]

1. Remove the ten screws holding down the heat pipe assembly from the back of the motherboard. 2 each at the MOSFET's and 3 each at the NB and SB.
2. Remove the four screws holding down the ROG fan assembly.
3. Remove the ROG fan.
4. GENTLY lift the QPI PCB straight up in a rocking motion to prevent bending any pins.
5. Start at the upper most MOSFET heat sink and gently pry it back and forth to remove the TIM from the MOSFET.
6. Repeat 5 above for the second MOSFET, then the NB Heat Sink and finally the SB heat sink.

The entire heat sink / heat pipe assembly should now be in your hand in one piece.

Best of luck.

thank you for this information

but the heatpipe must be well stuck and make a rocking motion folds the heatpipe

a person failed like this and had some problems to remove the rad
a picture of a rad removed, it is stuck everywhere

thank you