Fan came off of heatsink

[Slimer213]

I am very new to this and I don't understand to well, but I was trying to clean out the CPU cooler and what I figured out was called the heat sink and the actually fan part, came apart. I have no idea how to fix this but some help would be nice. I believe I have a AMD FX-8320 CPU and it came with the fan (I had a prebuilt computer).

 

[nitinvaid20]

you meant he CPU came with the Heatsink?
Well there are 99% changes both CPU and Board are damaged

 

[Zerk2012]

Take a picture and post it and dont do as above said.

 

[Gaurav_40]

You mean your fan cooler's "heat-sink" part and the "fan part" split up.

there are some screws keeping the "Metal-Plate" and fan together and if they came apart then re-screw the "Metal-Plate" and Fan-part. if possible please post a picture for further assistance.

thanks for reading my answer, hope it helps (sorry for my bad english)

 

[Slimer213]

As soon as I get home I'll take a picture, but the above comment is what it is, the two split up. I have these two metal parts (I don't know how to describe them) I'm just not sure where they go.

 

[Slimer213]

https://i.imgur.com/mlgkdoV.jpg

 

[Slimer213]

I was able to get the top latch on but I don't know where to put the bottom one

 

[Gaurav_40]

I was able to get the top latch on but I don't know where to put the bottom one

can you please post a image from different angle, so that i can spot the screws to connect the fan and the heatsink

 

[Slimer213]

Top: https://ibb.co/dKmj65
Side view: https://ibb.co/cONfeQ
Bottom (can't figure out how to latch yet): https://ibb.co/k1EMm5
Latch: https://ibb.co/g783zQ

I've fiddled around with it trying to find a way to get it latched but I couldn't find a way. If you know that would be great.

 

[Gaurav_40]

try hooking-up the latch between the copper heat-pipes as shown in the image
https://imgur.com/a/8tsYw

avoid twisting and turning the latch, after it's placed between the heat-pipes, hook-up your fan with latch as you did with the top

 

[madmatt30]

The fan clips go each side of the cooler not top & bottom

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[Gaurav_40]

madmatt 30 is correct, the latches will go each side of the cooler

 

[madmatt30]

BTW you should not have removed the heatsink from the CPU unless you have replacement thermal paste at hand

 

[Slimer213]

Thanks so much, I feel like an idiot, as soon as I tried on the side it hooked on so perfect. Thank you so much I feel so stupid about this. And yes I do know about thermal paste, I'm picking some up later.