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Hey all,

My most recent score of boards has heat sinks glued/pasted directly on the largest main chip on the board.

I attempted to do my normal twist and pop method with vicegrips; well it pulled the chip off too!

2nd method was to use a hammer and small screwdriver. This method worked on the additional 3 I processed.


Does anyone have any more efficient methods? I feel dumb for asking these questions. And now I have a “downgraded” board that was not supposed to be “downgraded” as all I was trying to do was clean the heatsink off.

I guess this is the only way I learn but messing up.

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I use some heat, lp torch works great just don't go crazy with the heat.

Thank you! I believe I have a heat gun but I do not own a torch. I will see if I can order one on Amazon. Do you recall where you bought yours @lubin?

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