I had a Supermicro board I needed to do this on recently. I used plastic picks and the spudger from an iFixit toolkit and worked my way around to ease it off. It's likely held on with some double sided tape. You could try a bit of heat too to help soften the glue.

Doesn't look quite so straight forward on this one.

four inner spikes sure make it look integrated with socket bracket

rasz_pl wrote on 2024-03-11, 11:31:

four inner spikes sure make it look integrated with socket bracket

I would very much think so too

H3nrik V! wrote on 2024-03-11, 11:34:

rasz_pl wrote on 2024-03-11, 11:31:

four inner spikes sure make it look integrated with socket bracket

I would very much think so too

I completely concur.

Can't those inner torx srews/bolts/nuts be unscrewed? Then remove the entire backplate and grind off the outer parts. And then reinstall the backplate.
Am i missing something here? It looks like they (the torx thingy's) can be removed.

SKramer83 wrote on 2024-03-11, 12:43:

Can't those inner torx srews/bolts/nuts be unscrewed? Then remove the entire backplate and grind off the outer parts. And then reinstall the backplate.
Am i missing something here? It looks like they (the torx thingy's) can be removed.

Yeah, maybe the Torx screws can be unscrewed and then remove the backplate, but I could fear if centering of the socket relative to the pins could be off then?

H3nrik V! wrote on 2024-03-11, 13:29:

SKramer83 wrote on 2024-03-11, 12:43:

Can't those inner torx srews/bolts/nuts be unscrewed? Then remove the entire backplate and grind off the outer parts. And then reinstall the backplate.
Am i missing something here? It looks like they (the torx thingy's) can be removed.

Yeah, maybe the Torx screws can be unscrewed and then remove the backplate, but I could fear if centering of the socket relative to the pins could be off then?

The socket, ILM (on top of the CPU) and backplate are (usually) 3 seperate things. My assumption is, the ILM can be removed and placed back without anything misaligning. The socket (with its pins) is soldered to the motherboard.
I think this is absolutely doable.

Maybe this pic will make it more clear?

rasz_pl wrote on 2024-03-11, 11:31:

four inner spikes sure make it look integrated with socket bracket

Shoot, I missed that 🤦‍♂️

Remove the four torx screws. It's attached to the clamping mechanism. The socket itself is soldered on the board.

In theory you could unscrew socket, remove plate, press out four outer studs and mount everything back up.

Thanks guys, I'll let you know the result once I've done it.

Usually the metal backplate has that god awful 2 sided sticky backing on it to help keep it stuck to the board and to provide some electrical isolation, Ive removed a few of these and they are a pain in the ass to take off.

The solution if it has the sticky isolation backing is to use ISO alcohol on it to weaken the sticky backing.

Is that motherboard working properly? It's got a bad looking scratch next to the hole on the top right.