Nexus Q Teardown

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And now for the moment we've all been waiting for: the motherboard.
It usually takes a little bit of effort to separate the heat sink from the motherboard, but a simple thermal pad is all that connects the two inside the Q.
Remember the thermal pad we removed earlier? That provided conduction between this small heat sink and the base, turning that hunk of zinc into one lage heat sink that then expels heat to the surroundings.

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