How do I take this apart?

[Chotaz]

http://www.cwc-group.com/inorso478cob.html


how the fuck do I take that fan apart? ive been trying for the lasr 2 hours and i cant get the fucking fan out of the fucking computer so i can clean it up...


sorry for the swearing but this really getting my nerves :\

 

[xJonny]

Look at the top of the heatsink. There you will see 2 levers. Flip those in the opposite direction. Try lifting the heatsink as straight up as possible. As you never know if the cpu still is'nt glued to the heatsink plate. You dont wanna bend or brake those pins on the cpu.

When you have removed the heatsink. look at the socket. There you will see another lever. This lever locks the cpu in the socket ( hopefully). Just raise this, and take out the cpu.

Otherwise consult user manual?

 

[raulpica]

I remember I opened one of these things... Just try the two whitey things. Pull them up with a LOT of strenght. I remember these things were pretty stubborn to remove. After that, you should feel that something has loosened. After this, open with your hands some of the lower black clamps (the two on one side should suffice), and it should come away.

 

[Chotaz]

Look at the top of the heatsink. There you will see 2 levers. Flip those in the opposite direction. Try lifting the heatsink as straight up as possible. As you never know if the cpu still is'nt glued to the heatsink plate. You dont wanna bend or brake those pins on the cpu.

When you have removed the heatsink. look at the socket. There you will see another lever. This lever locks the cpu in the socket ( hopefully). Just raise this, and take out the cpu.

Otherwise consult user manual?



no screws on it, no info bout it on user manul, thanks the same =)

QUOTE(raulpica @ Feb 15 2008, 12:08 AM)I remember I opened one of these things... Just try the two whitey things. Pull them up with a LOT of strenght. I remember these things were pretty stubborn to remove. After that, you should feel that something has loosened. After this, open with your hands some of the lower black clamps (the two on one side should suffice), and it should come away.

tbh, the white thigns came out pretty easy, but i just cant pull it out and im afraid to break it :\
and soryr i dont get the 'bolded' step :\

 

[xJonny]

Just so you know, I updated my post with some info I found on another forum, hope it helps.

 

[Chotaz]

thanks jonny, im a bit afraid of just oushing it up, i feel it loosened, however, i still think is a bit stuck :\

 

[raulpica]

I remember I opened one of these things... Just try the two whitey things. Pull them up with a LOT of strenght. I remember these things were pretty stubborn to remove. After that, you should feel that something has loosened. After this, open with your hands some of the lower black clamps (the two on one side should suffice), and it should come away.


tbh, the white thigns came out pretty easy, but i just cant pull it out and im afraid to break it :\
and soryr i dont get the 'bolded' step :\

Yeah, I remember something like this... There's no other way, you have to overcome the fear of breaking it, otherwise it will never come away

Be sure to gently remove the lower clamps from the lower black piece (the one directly under the processor), I remember they came away pretty easily. You just have to bend them a little with your fingers to free the clamps. After that, just lower your processor on the opposite side and the other two clamps should came away with the fan block.

BTW, there's almost NO risk of damaging the processor, as is solidly locked under it. The worst that could happen is that you have to buy another fan block

 

[Chotaz]

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/y...5_1984_87165093

can you point me the clamps please? i can't find them, make some circle around them :\

 

[raulpica]

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/y...5_1984_87165093

can you point me the clamps please? i can't find them, make some circle around them :\

Sorry I couldn't explain better

Here is the image:

 

[Chotaz]

FUCK YEAH!!!!


thanks for helping me guys, spec u raul, i got it off

, now i need to find the screws so i can clean the interior of it =)


edit: no screws, i found another clapms and took the rest out, finally i can clean this shit, i formatted the computer 2 days ago, and still with only kaspersky and utorrent, it was lagging running maplestory -.-' and lagging a lot, always restarting with over tempreture error, and now finally i can clean it up =), and i learnt wath the word clamp means xD

 

[raulpica]

FUCK YEAH!!!!


thanks for helping me guys, spec u raul, i got it off

, now i need to find the screws so i can clean the interior of it =)

I'm glad that it worked

Good job in cleaning it

 

[Chotaz]

btw, can i vaccum clean all the components without problem?

 

[raulpica]

btw, can i vaccum clean all the components without problem?

Yes, but be sure that the vacuum cleaner isn't too strong (not that it could damage something, but better be careful than sorry

)

 

[Chotaz]

i hope that clean this mess up helps me with my lagging and overtempreture error, because, ive placed the PC near the window without lateral and everytime i started it i ahd an overtempreture :\

 

[xJonny]

Make sure that you got good conductivity with the cpu and the heatsink/fan - you may need to use a thermal pad or thermal paste, or get a good cpu cooler if you wanted e.g. the one here http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140478

Oh, got to add, lagging can be caused by many things like the ram or hard-drive, etc

 

[Chotaz]

i just formatted my 2 new hdd, and ive got 512mb ram, with only anti-virus,basic system stuff + maplestory doesnt evne consume half of the memory i have :\

 

[Chotaz]

ill let the desktop open, i need to get some sleep, ill get up earlier tomorrow and clean the PC, then ill feedback the results

*sorry for the double posting :\