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Loose Noctua Clips

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Photo from noctuas website. You gotta bend it a bit to get it to work.

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Anyone with Noctua air cooler experience. Am I doing something wrong here? The clips for holding a fan in place are extremely loose and not really clamping down on anything. 

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Is that the right fan for it? Looks like you need  another 10mm to make up the 25mm.

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14 minutes ago, whispous said:

It's not installed properly. The clips need to be gripping somehting much further down.

The clip doesn't reach any lower, hence my confusion

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1 minute ago, freeagent said:

Is that the right fan for it? Looks like you need  another 10mm to make up the 25mm.

Yes, this is the fan that came with the heatsink, NH-L12S. 

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26 minutes ago, tycho513 said:

Anyone with Noctua air cooler experience. Am I doing something wrong here? The clips for holding a fan in place are extremely loose and not really clamping down on anything. 

PXL_20221120_142836797.jpg

PXL_20221120_142902677.jpg

The actual clipping part is the middle notch on the clip, not the last one.

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1 minute ago, Chikensoops said:

The actual clipping part is the middle notch on the clip, not the last one.

Right, added a third photo in a reply showing how it rests when flat. Still not secured to anything. 

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661AD867-D266-4770-844C-D945FC9704B2.jpeg.33c2c59d1126436501ca14e86a5a82e0.jpeg

Photo from noctuas website. You gotta bend it a bit to get it to work.

Please mark as solved if I answered your question.

 

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You have clip it from the bottom, you have the fan in the wrong position according to pictures on google

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1 minute ago, freeagent said:

You have clip it from the bottom, you have the fan in the wrong position according to pictures on google

It should be able to clip from the top too though.

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31 minutes ago, Chikensoops said:

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Photo from noctuas website. You gotta bend it a bit to get it to work.

You are absolutely right. All secure now. Thank you very much! 

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31 minutes ago, freeagent said:

You have clip it from the bottom, you have the fan in the wrong position according to pictures on google

It can be set for low profile, the image on the website, for extreme space saving. Or high profile, my application, for when space isn't an issue. 

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