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It is really flush against the metal

check this.. imagine the red line is the screwdriver, the yellow(push screwdriver down thus causing leverage, to the heatsink) and the green is where u put the flat tip ( press it under the plastic, dont worry its not fragile really )

 

should easily pop off once u know how ( had troubles in the begin too but now il pop em in seconds )

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I am trying to take of the fan on an AMD FX 8320 heatsink but the clips are really tight together. Is there any other way i can remove the fan on the heatsink

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I am trying to take of the fan on an AMD FX 8320 heatsink but the clips are really tight together. Is there any other way i can remove the fan on the heatsink

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I am trying to take of the fan on an AMD FX 8320 heatsink but the clips are really tight together. Is there any other way i can remove the fan on the heatsink

Use a screwdriver to pry the tabs back, its a bit finicky and fragile, so be careful and patient :)

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Hammer...........

 

You cant really it is so brittle it will break (trust me ;) ) just buy a hyper 212 evo and call it a day!!!

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nope, that's the only way to do it

try ti wiggle those clips before forcing them. if you really want that fan off you'll have to take into consideration the option of accidentally breaking those clips even if i think that;s a small chance of happening

 

even if it would happen you could use some superglue to put it back together(if you break that manny clips :D )

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The 4 screws on the top of the fan!!!

There are no screws

Use a screwdriver to pry the tabs back, its a bit finicky and fragile, so be careful and patient :)

I tried its so close to the heatsink

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Hammer...........

 

You cant really it is so brittle it will break (trust me ;) ) just buy a hyper 212 evo and call it a day!!!

I already have a 612 v2. Just curious

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There are no screws

I tried its so close to the heatsink

can you show me a picture of your heat sink?

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You can't really, pretty sure they're fixed on.

 

Best bet is to use a knife or prying tool to get the tabs back or snapped off.

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I already have a 612 v2. Just curious

Ahhhhhh kk m8! Yeah try pry and pray with a flat head screwdriver?

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I am trying to take of the fan on an AMD FX 8320 heatsink but the clips are really tight together. Is there any other way i can remove the fan on the heatsink

easy.. put a flat screwdriver(smaller better) under the plastic right where the clips are and pop it off ( did it many times with amd coolers ) ... yeah their pretty tight  but if ur careful actually doing it near the clips it cant damage really

 

itl pop free using leverage

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easy.. put a flat screwdriver(smaller better) under the plastic right where the clips are and pop it off ( did it many times with amd coolers ) ... yeah their pretty tight  but if ur careful actually doing it near the clips it cant damage really

 

itl pop free using leverage

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can you show me a picture of your heat sink?

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can you show me a picture of your heat sink?

 

yeap those are the ones that are really easy to pop the coolers off, lemme see if i got one right here in my desk or somthing il show u with a lil vid haha

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You have this heatsink right?

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Disregard the AVC branding.

fan is slimmer than that

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yeap those are the ones that are really easy to pop the coolers off

With a screwdriver? even my smallest one has trouble

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With a screwdriver? even my smallest one has trouble

yeah u need to use leverage right where the clip is, stick it right under the plastic there and then lever it by pressing ur screwdriver down ... and POP its off

 

u need to stick it in the upper part lemme paint it for u cant find a heatsink amd atm

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This one?

0_AMD-STOCK-COPPER-HEATSINK-FAN_0_0_T.jp

This is the only other one I know of that doesn't use screws.

Similar to that. Check an image above

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yeah u need to use leverage right where the clip is, stick it right under the plastic there and then lever it by pressing ur screwdriver down ... and POP its off

It is really flush against the metal

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It is really flush against the metal

check this.. imagine the red line is the screwdriver, the yellow(push screwdriver down thus causing leverage, to the heatsink) and the green is where u put the flat tip ( press it under the plastic, dont worry its not fragile really )

 

should easily pop off once u know how ( had troubles in the begin too but now il pop em in seconds )

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