The cooling fan has a pair of fasteners. Press down the fasteners around the cooling screen and use a force to push it outward, and the lower fasteners will come off. As for removing the cooling fan, simply pull the fan blades upwards with force; There are two types of tower designs. The first type is a heat dissipation tower and an electric fan, connected by screws. The second type is a heat dissipation screen connected to a fan. The former directly twists the screw, while the latter is very troublesome. If you want to find a way to arrange the steel bar that is fastened, of course, the screen will also scatter. If it is the latter, it is still not necessary to disassemble it.
The vast majority of them are metal snap fasteners, with one end of the buckle being an inverted L-shaped one for loading and unloading. Assuming that the chassis is relatively narrow, it is not easy to load and unload. Finally, the entire motherboard is disassembled and placed in a wider and cleaner area. Use your left hand to press and hold the fan, and your right thumb to press down on the inverted L-shaped buckle. After all, if you move your right hand a little further towards the fan, the lower buckle will move out of the snap position. Be careful, assuming it is an AMD CPU, Some very sticky heat dissipation grease will stick the CPU and fan very firmly. When removing and lifting the fan, it will also stick the CPU together. At this time, be careful not to break or bend the CPU pins. One or two bent pins can help to recover. Assuming it really sticks to the CPU, remember not to forcefully grab it and break it off. If you accidentally drop it, it will become useless. You should push it out from the edge of the CPU on the bottom of the heat sink.
How to remove the CPU cooling fan on the motherboard?
With the advancement of technology, the CPU cooling fan on the motherboard is getting better and better. It's easy to dismantle all of them just by understanding their structure. First, use a flat screwdriver or hand force to loosen the locking bolts at the four corners of the CPU fan, then pull up the locking bolts at the four corners of the fan, and then unplug the power cord between the fan and the motherboard. At this point, you can directly remove the fan by hand. Let's take a look at the principle of fixing the bolt feet of the electric fan. It is composed of two plastic expansion bolts, with a central expansion bolt column inserted. When the expansion bolt is inserted into the fixing hole of the main board electric fan, the center of the two expansion bolts is then inserted into the expansion bolt column, so the electric fan can be fixed and pressed onto the CPU. Therefore, when disassembling, just operate in the opposite direction.
