Removing it means you'll have to take it apart to some extent, also exposing it to breakage, ESD, and weakened solder joints. In other words, by messing with it you void the warranty and also risk breaking it.

Sometimes it's obvious; little scorch marks, melted solder, runny rosin, etc. Other times you have to break out a voltmeter or even an oscilloscope to figure it out. That's when you really have to weigh how much that data is worth to you.