Quote Originally Posted by pby5cat View Post
I have taken the heatpipe assembely off of a rampage formula. I took all the pins and screws out and then, put the mother board in an anti static bag, taping it closed, and put the mother board in the freezer for 30 mins. The cold will make the thermal paste brittle. The i just pulled up on the south bridge lightly tell it popped off, then the same for the NB. Though a twist might be better on the NB if possible.
We're not talking about removing the heatpipe assembly, we've got that off. Mine came off without any trouble at all. I want to remove the fusion waterblock from the heatpipe assembly itself, and replace it with a swiftech mcw30. Then put the whole assembly back on.