Removing glue SAFELY from a motherboard?
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:02 am
I’m trying to remove an original backing plate from an ASUS A8V Deluxe mobo. I removed all the fastners, and placed as much pressure on the plate that I deemed safe, but it won’t come off. A bit of Googleing revealed it’s stuck on with heavy-duty double-sided tape. Further Googling found someone who had removed it by soaking with something called GoofOff (apparently based on xylene and other petroleum distillates).
Obviously, whatever cleaner I use has to be 100% safe for the mobo. Does anyone know of one? The local hardware store is warning me away from any SuperGlue type removers and towards a glue remover made for plastic model makers, but they don’t stock it. Not had much time to Google it, but I've not found anything.
I’ve removed stick-on bodywork badges from cars before, heating up the badge with a hair dryer until the glue becomes soft enough to pry the badge off. Would that be a safe?
The other option is to attempt to bodge the old backing plate to the new heatsink, instead of using the custom backing plate that came with the new heatsink.
Obviously, whatever cleaner I use has to be 100% safe for the mobo. Does anyone know of one? The local hardware store is warning me away from any SuperGlue type removers and towards a glue remover made for plastic model makers, but they don’t stock it. Not had much time to Google it, but I've not found anything.
I’ve removed stick-on bodywork badges from cars before, heating up the badge with a hair dryer until the glue becomes soft enough to pry the badge off. Would that be a safe?
The other option is to attempt to bodge the old backing plate to the new heatsink, instead of using the custom backing plate that came with the new heatsink.