heatsink removal

[Sergey Zak]

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> Read up and the say the way to remove the heatsink is to freeze it off and
> expoy it on? Any feedback on that? Any heatsink available that would fit the
> holes in it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
I did just it. You have to freeze it well so that when you take the card out
of your fridge it looks frosty with a thin layer of ice from the moist air
that was in the ESD packet when you packed it.
Then   quickly   put a sharp knife between the heatsink and the chip and by
firmly turning it, pop off the heatsink.
I tried I once with a card in an old fridge and it wouldn't work as the card
was not cold enough. Try your best and coldest fridge.

\Zak.\
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