Hello everyone, i'm having a hard time figuring out how to remove the fans from the heatsink of my Arctic freezer 36. I would really be happy if someone could help me resolve this issue.
This is the install guide i used, where you can find the clipping system for the fans, on the Installation tab : https://support.arctic.de/en/freezer-36 ( this is the fans clipping to the heatsink part : https://support.arctic.de/products/freezer-36/AMD/Installation/08a_en.gif )
as you can see, the head of the screw goes inside the heatsink in some sort of a tight hole that holds it firmly in place, and you can hear a loud CLICK sound when it goes in ( see here : https://ibb.co/wcT4ddZ )
I just finished installing the heatsink but i'm having a problem, in fact i clipped the two fans to the heatsink in a way that the cables that plug in to the motherboard are facing up and not down, so now the cables are too short to connect to the motherboard as they are too far away from it, as you can see in the picture : https://ibb.co/X8QsXd8
The solution would be to unclip the fans from the heatsink and rotate them down and clip them again, but i have no idea how to do that, since the screw heads are plugged inside the heatsink, so i have no access to them to use a screwdriver and remove them (as you can see on the picture on the right) , and when i simply pull away, the fans are too tightly held by the heatsink and i don't want to risk damaging the fans by pulling too hard.
I would like to ask you if you know a way to unclip and remove the fans from the heatsink please.
Thank you and have a good day.
This is the install guide i used, where you can find the clipping system for the fans, on the Installation tab : https://support.arctic.de/en/freezer-36 ( this is the fans clipping to the heatsink part : https://support.arctic.de/products/freezer-36/AMD/Installation/08a_en.gif )
as you can see, the head of the screw goes inside the heatsink in some sort of a tight hole that holds it firmly in place, and you can hear a loud CLICK sound when it goes in ( see here : https://ibb.co/wcT4ddZ )
I just finished installing the heatsink but i'm having a problem, in fact i clipped the two fans to the heatsink in a way that the cables that plug in to the motherboard are facing up and not down, so now the cables are too short to connect to the motherboard as they are too far away from it, as you can see in the picture : https://ibb.co/X8QsXd8
The solution would be to unclip the fans from the heatsink and rotate them down and clip them again, but i have no idea how to do that, since the screw heads are plugged inside the heatsink, so i have no access to them to use a screwdriver and remove them (as you can see on the picture on the right) , and when i simply pull away, the fans are too tightly held by the heatsink and i don't want to risk damaging the fans by pulling too hard.
I would like to ask you if you know a way to unclip and remove the fans from the heatsink please.
Thank you and have a good day.
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