Recent content by Fox of the asterisk

Yeah, problem with that: the fan doesn't attach by screws but by clips, and I'm afraid I'll damage them if I try to remove it. Otherwise I'd have done that already. So, would you think it's important enough to justify that risk? (I mean, worst case, I have to replace it with what is probably...

So I was thoroughly cleaning my CPU fan/heatsink assembly for the first time in ever (since, you know, thermal paste and it's hard to clean properly while attached to the mobo) and as I was doing so this mysterious part came out. I've no idea what this is, or whether it's important. I didn't...