Can I fix this?

[AtomicWaveBlast]

Hd 5450 fan header came completely off

[xkeith]

if you have some soldering skill, based on the image I think you can just directly solder the wire into the leftover contact point, 

[Jurrunio]

some soldering work will do

[Jrdiver]

(As somebody who works in a place that does lots of this kind of thing) The answer is that it can almost always be fixed.  the bigger question is "is it worth fixing".

 

Realistically though, either get a new header and solder it on or just bypass the connector outright and solder the wires to the PCB.  Not sure what that old ATI card is out of but thats some older hardware that your playing with there.

[keskparane]

You could probably also find an adapter cable and run the fan off a different power source.

[keskparane]

https://www.moddiy.com/products/4%2dPin-Molex-Connector-(Male)-to-2%2dPin-GPU-Mini-Fan-Connector-(Male-2.5mm).html

[DevonNelson]

I'd take a crack at resoldering the header, and if you are unsuccessful find somewhere else to give it 12V power.

[AtomicWaveBlast]

1 hour ago, Jrdiver said:

(As somebody who works in a place that does lots of this kind of thing) The answer is that it can almost always be fixed.  the bigger question is "is it worth fixing".

 

Realistically though, either get a new header and solder it on or just bypass the connector outright and solder the wires to the PCB.  Not sure what that old ATI card is out of but thats some older hardware that your playing with there.

It’s a He 5450 was replacing the cooler from another 5450 because that cooler on it in the pic is the new cooler and it’s 100% better... it’s an older gpu and if I break it I could care less it was $5 so meh