Quote Originally Posted by Dom7184 View Post
you can take off the NB and heatpipe hold the MOSFET's HS and hold the heatpipe and twist heatpipe it and it should pop lose, i did it with mine and it worked need to take off the v-card to slide out the heat pipe
It is recommended to uninstall the Heatpipes from the motherboard then use a hair dryer to heat the double sided tape that hold them together and then twist them out.

Never do this with the heatpipes attached to the mobo.