if your good with a soldering iron or know someone who is u can just desolder each pin one by one...after removing all the pins the plastic can be removed..
re-solder all the pins in the correct place then put the plastic back in place..
i did this to my a1200 as a extentsion to get PRELUDE sound card in above BVISION..( A1200 DESKTOP ONLY.... NOT FOR TOWER USERS )...