980m/970m Heatsink Question

Looking at purchasing a 970m Clevo card for my laptop. I am not entirely sure of vbios compatibility, but I can probably fix that later if there is an issue.

My main concern is that the card has a backplate screwed onto the back of the card. I am not talking about the x bracket, though I will have to remove that as well.

So my question is for owners of these new cards. Can this backplate be removed fairly easily? The picture makes it seem very easy, and simply need to remove 4 screws holding it on. Also the X-bracket. How difficult is it to remove the X-bracket?

For my MSI laptop I need a bare MXM module.

Thanks!


Edit:Sorry Double Post. Noob mistake. MODS please delete this one. Title is more appropriate. Thanks.

 

yes. it's easy to remove the backplate (x-bracket). all you have to do is be patient removing it.. I'll post a pic on what tool i used just to remove that backplate when i get home... Btw... pm'ed you. I hope you reply thanks

 

I don't have a picture of this card, but if the back plate is pop riveted on then you could just drill out the pop rivets with a rotary tool (like a dremel). Since I haven't seen pictures take the advice with a grain of salt.