Removing heatspreaders?

[Ramlaen]

Got some mushkin black lvl2 pc3200. Has some nice black heatspreaders on it. But i want to sell the RAM as i have no need for it. How can i go about removing the heatspreaders safely. I want to take pictures of the pretty winbond chips.

[ZachM]

Well the chips aren't going to be pretty until you clean the tape residue off. I'm sure people buying it would rather have the heatspreaders on. All Mushkin Level 2 PC 32/3500 is BH-5. You shouldn't need to prove that they have BH-5. Also there is not way to put the spreaders back on unless you find some thermal tape of the same thickness.

If you're still interested this (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=294217&highlight=remove+heatspreader) thread has some info.

[Ramlaen]

Ok then i didn't realize that they were all bh5. Thats good enough for me.

[aNTiChRisT]

I removed mine and re-applied with AS3... works fine on my old corsair.

Have yet to void the warranty on my OCZ... i'm guna wait till i wana mod the motherboard and make some sort of cooling duct for the ram.

~t0m