3080 Gigabyte OC fan header stuck, any ideas on how to remove?

[Amoxletsne]

I wanted to re-paste and put thermal pads on the back plate of the GPU since the memory kept throttling and it was constantly at 110C and would throttle down from there. I took the card apart but this fan header just seems plain stuck, no matter what I do it won’t come out. Anyone have similar experiences? What I’m thinking of doing is taking a blow dryer and just blow drying it on high for a couple minutes and give it a nice tug, would you say that a good idea? I’m not sure what to do at this point.

[bellabichon]

Have you tried taking a small flathead screwdriver and leveraging it between the connector and the port? That's what I've always done when working on laptops. 

[Amoxletsne]

2 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Have you tried taking a small flathead screwdriver and leveraging it between the connector and the port? That's what I've always done when working on laptops. 

I’ve tried doing that and it almost broke off, I’ll try doing it with a small knife and with pliers at the same time , maybe that’ll help. What do you think about the blow dryer idea? Maybe it’ll loosen it up since plastic expands with heat 

[bellabichon]

39 minutes ago, Amoxletsne said:

I’ve tried doing that and it almost broke off, I’ll try doing it with a small knife and with pliers at the same time , maybe that’ll help. What do you think about the blow dryer idea? Maybe it’ll loosen it up since plastic expands with heat 

No reason not to try. Just don't blast it too hard with the hot air, or you could warp the plastic.