How do I take out a CPU fan?

I don't know how to take out my CPU fan.. Been trying for half an hour and gave up.

Very carefully remove the screws from the four corners of the fan and gently remove it .. preferably after its cooled down....

Nikolay said:

I don't know how to take out my CPU fan.. Been trying for half an hour and gave up.

LOL I knew this was you when I saw the thread.

You see the things on the side? Use a flat-head screw driver, push down on them and move them outwards at the same time. Don't break it though :)

Give me a second to get a picture of what I mean

Replacing a CPU - Illustrated How to Replace a CPU - AMD Athlon

Try that for instructions. Seem fairly accurate.

The OP only wants to remove the fan..not the cpu..

lol, that's the one I'm having trouble with. I push down on it with a flat head screw driver and then move it forward and it's released?

@above, I will eventually replace the cpu, but I already know how to do that. :P

Nikolay said:

lol, that's the one I'm having trouble with. I push down on it with a flat head screw driver and then move it forward and it's released?

@above, I will eventually replace the cpu, but I already know how to do that. :P

Sorry, I didn't look closely enough.

1. Remove the screws that are circled in red (view the image full size to see clearly).
2. Pull the switch circled in green, to face the opposite direction then it is now.
3. If it still doesn't come off then try removing the screws circled in blue.


http://bidemg.blu.livefilestore.com/...y/Untitled.png

There are no screws that are circled red.

Nikolay said:

There are no screws that are circled red.

Odd, look like screw holes. Try pulling the lever then.