Dumb question: Removing a p4 socket 478 fan

Enk1duEnk1du
edited March 2005 in Hardware
My problem is my fan on my cpu sounds like a helicopter, so i bought a new fan but for the life of me i cant figure out how to get the old one off. I flip up the plastic levers and unplug it, now shouldnt it just pull off? when i do try, it feels like i really have to pull and its not budging and it might break, what am i doing wrong? :scratch:

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  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited March 2005
    the P4's use a small plastic tooth like thing on all four courners of the fan assembly u have to CAREFULLY pry each corner off ( u gotta pull them like out sideways away from the cpu ), u should do it 1 side at a time, so u dont break it, if u break it you are screwed.

    edit, lemme find a picture before u start, u can really bone urself by breaking it
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited March 2005
    i found this

    P4heatsink_engagedS.jpg
  • Enk1duEnk1du
    edited March 2005
    so you pull the sides out, and then pull it up?
  • Enk1duEnk1du
    edited March 2005
    I hate to ask this question, makes me feel like an idiot but this fan would work for me right? Im Running a northwood p4 3.0ghz on a asus p4p8x. http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=35-106-606&depa=0

    EDIT: oh yah, i dont overclock, i just wanted a cheap fan that is not so loud
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited March 2005
    Enk1du wrote:
    so you pull the sides out, and then pull it up?

    yes indeedy, when u pry 1 side off ull see how it works

    and yes that new heatsink/fan will work
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2005
    Nice job, Armo. :thumbsup:

    I wish I'd have had that picture and your explanation the first time I had to do that.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited March 2005
    ive broken a few so i know how they come off lol
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited March 2005
    Hell I never got used to that damned clamp!!! It's a pain in the ass.... then I went back to AMD ;D

    Never broke anything though, except a motherboard I scratched when I lost my patience while using a philipshead screwdriver to pry the damned thing off.
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited March 2005
    RWB wrote:
    Hell I never got used to that damned clamp!!! It's a pain in the ass.... then I went back to AMD ;D

    Never broke anything though, except a motherboard I scratched when I lost my patience while using a philipshead screwdriver to pry the damned thing off.

    Personally, i found a flat screwdriver fits behind the plastic arms quite easy and acts as a lever. Comes away easy as. :)

    Yes.............i have broken a few too trying the hard way. :rolleyes:
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