Quote Originally Posted by gongo View Post
very carefully...

I took a straight razor (a hobby knife or box cutter will do too) and heated it on my gas stove (some people use a butane torch for this, but I don't have one, so the stove worked out for me). Then I carefully cut down one side of the "trough" in the connector. It takes a lot of force, even with the blade warmed up, so make sure you have lots of space and apply force downward. Heat the blade and repeat for the second side of the "trough". I found that the bottom was too difficult to cut, so I just wiggle the remaining piece back and forth until it breaks off.

I hope that makes sense.

Give it a try, and worst case, you're out 20 bucks for a new board.
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