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Netgear Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream AX6000 WiFi Router Teardown

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Flip the mainboard over again so the heat sink and fan are facing you. The components will not detach as the mainboard and heat sink are stuck together with thermal pads.

You will have to use a fair amount of pressure to remove the heat sink from the mainboard.

You will hear a peeling or tearing sound, but this is just the sticky thermal pads releasing from the PCB shields on the mainboard.

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