Veedub I know you were looking to take your NB heatsink off. I really recommend the cold method. I took my heatsinks off last nite w/ a can of freeze spray and it was easier than taking a ****. It popped right off. Literally took me 1min for the whole process.
Only problem is that i dont have any mosfet sinks or a southbridge cooler.
Just got my board in, and the sinks that cover the VRMs are a seperate part from the NB and SB cooler. So i just need to find some sort of south bridge cooler.