Jay Emrie wrote to Ken Hrynchuk on 02-12-03 11:16:
 
 KH>I tried getting the fan off to check, but it's stuck fast to the CPU,
 KH>even after spreading the (flimsy) plastic retainer clips. The fan and
 KH>CPU are both Intel, so I guess it's one of those 'retail' Fan/CPU
 KH>packages. Is it normal for the fan to be stuck like that?
 
 JE> Not in my experience. Possibly overheated and now
 JE> "welded"????
 
I did get it off, but didn't do so by spreading the thin clip handles,
which just bent. The only way I could get it to budge was to gently pry
it from the heatsink, using a small screwdriver. It was the clips proper
that were holding it fast. While I was in there, I cleaned the fan
blades and heatsink fins, but there was only a fine sprinkling of dust
that needed to be removed (the (late) previous owner kept this machine
in fine condition).
 
 KH>There's nothing like that visible, just the two factory terminals; or,
 KH>did you mean inside the fan assembly?
 
 JE> See my msg to Roy T.
 
I did; thanks.
 
   Ken
 
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