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If there is any identification on the fan that you can see without
removal of the fan, you could do an internet search to try to find
installation/removal instructions. All of the CPU, heat sink, fan units
I have encountered are 3 separate components, though a combination
fan/heat sink is probably not unheard of. It would mean a more expensive
fix if the fan gives out.
The heat sink surface has to be firmly meeting the CPU surface. That is
likely being done by the clips you have located. Have you tried pressing
down on the clips while trying to rotate them away from the hold down
location on the motherboard. Or there could be a cage type attachment to
the motherboard and the clips are held down to it. The CPU has its own
method of being held to the motherboard.
As to the thermal paste, it is easy to use as long as you do not over do
it. It comes in a small tube. I'm not familiar with a thermal sheet
though I would not be surprised.
Tom
Richard Glazier wrote:
> Fans need to be matched carefully to the socket type of the MB.
> After that, it has to meet the heat/speed requirements of the CPU.
> (Even if it fits it might not "cool enough"...)
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> Some fans need to have a third sensor wire or some MBs will turn
> off. They assume the fan failed. (Other MBs will happily let the CPU
> fry with a failed fan...)
>
> The "little things" someone saw might be a form of punch-in rivets.
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> I removed almost ALL quoting since there were two Anns and it was
> getting very confusing.
>
> Rick Glazier
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