Anybody remove the metal plate off an Asus motherboard?

[forumposter32]

I don't want the Zalman 7000 for overclocking. I want it for the silence and to pay less than an XP-120.

But, people on the Zalman forum are saying they need to take off the metal plate on their motherboard. So, they say using a hairdryer and "fanning" it up and down for a minute will do the trick. But others say you might fry capacitors or something.

Anybody here have experience with that? I'd rather use an Asus K8N4-E Deluxe motherboard since I like the layout. (Of course, this is a socket 754 mobo with nForce4 and PCI-E.)

 

[FSH42NA]

Just drip a couple of drops of rubbing alcohol (I used the 90% variety) on the edge of the plate. Hold the mobo vertical and rotate it a few times to let the alcohol works it's way into the adhesive pad 360 degrees. After about a minute, I gently twisted the plate and it came right off. I did this on an A8N Sli Premium when I installed a Thermalright HS. After I did it, I realized that I had a brain fart and didn't need to do it afterall. So I just pressed the plate back on and it was good as new. Good thing about the alcohol is it's pretty safe (for you and mobo) as far as solvents are concerned

 

[forumposter32]

Originally posted by: FSH42NA
Just drip a couple of drops of rubbing alcohol (I used the 90% variety) on the edge of the plate. Hold the mobo vertical and rotate it a few times to let the alcohol works it's way into the adhesive pad 360 degrees. After about a minute, I gently twisted the plate and it came right off. I did this on an A8N Sli Premium when I installed a Thermalright HS. After I did it, I realized that I had a brain fart and didn't need to do it afterall. So I just pressed the plate back on and it was good as new. Good thing about the alcohol is it's pretty safe (for you and mobo) as far as solvents are concerned

Wow, thanks for the info. But, was the back of the motherboard still sticky when you took off the plate?