Hi!
I am in the process of removing an NH-C14 (non S) from my old Asrock Z77E-ITX.
Everything went smoothly until I found out that the backplate is now stucked to the back of the motherboard!
The backplate can not be moved at all even when all the screws are removed.
It looks like the rubber of the backplate has turned into glue. Could that be the result of +6 years of pressure and heat?
Middle pad has been correctly removed for Intel 1155 when I installed the cooler back in the days
I tried to heat the area up a bit but that did not help me separate the backplate from the board with a credit card.
For obvious reasons I did not try with anything harder than plastic.
Did anybody already face such a situation?
I am in the process of removing an NH-C14 (non S) from my old Asrock Z77E-ITX.
Everything went smoothly until I found out that the backplate is now stucked to the back of the motherboard!
The backplate can not be moved at all even when all the screws are removed.
It looks like the rubber of the backplate has turned into glue. Could that be the result of +6 years of pressure and heat?
Middle pad has been correctly removed for Intel 1155 when I installed the cooler back in the days
I tried to heat the area up a bit but that did not help me separate the backplate from the board with a credit card.
For obvious reasons I did not try with anything harder than plastic.
Did anybody already face such a situation?