How to remove the black plasticaround the fan from the board ? There's a loose screw to tight up beloe

Hi,

1- For how long dit it last ?

2- I’m supposing you did NOT removed the covers for the RSX/CELL chips before putting the board into the oven, right ?

I did the heatgun thing and it lasted just one week. Next, I’m planning to removing the covers from both chips and reapply thermal paste.

This step is tricky, because the thermal paste from the chips could act as a ‘semi glue’, so you have to softly try for some minutes…