PC prob - motherboard glued to case! Unglue help!

[mikeymike]

I'm asking this on amiga.org because Amiga owners are a lot more adventurous IMO with regard to hardware hacking

I'm transplanting the contents of a PC to a new case because the old one is damaged. However, as well as using the normal system of screwing the board to the case using normal screws and those screw adapters (what are they really called?), it looks like that glue has been applied between the screw adapter and the underside of the board. There seems to be a white residue of the glue around the screwhole as well, but it is very slight.

The most obvious solution IMO is a bit of careful and gentle screwdriver wedging work, but there are some points on the board where this becomes very difficult. I'm wondering if there's some sort of debonding chemical that won't melt the board. The only one I know of is acetone but I believe that melts PCB.

Help!

[mikeymike]

BTW - what brand computer is this?

"E-SYSTEMS".  Apparently sold by PC-World.

This morning I tried to loosen one by sticking a screw in it, then holding the screwdriver while using a pair of pliers to loosen the standoff/threaded spacer from the other side.  I don't think I made it budge.

I've taken some pictures that I hope are helpful:

The screw holes that look silver'y on the inside are the ones causing the problems.  Only two.

[mikeymike]

Problem solved, a bit of luck really.  I did a bit more work as I described this morning, when one of the standoffs/threaded spacers became unattached from the board (not sure why).  I then took the case apart so I could approach the final standoff/threaded spacer from the top of the case, noted that there wasn't any circuit pathways nearby, and wedged a wide screwdriver between the board base plate and the board, and it came apart with a tiny bit of effort.