How to remove existing 80 mm case fan

huckerby101 · Apr 17, 2014

Hi guys

I have an XClio Godspeed Two with 2x80 mm case fans sucking air out of the case and out through the top. The fans run pretty much 24x7 and one of them recently failed. So I have bought 2x replacement fans (Gelid Silent 8).

My question is how do I remove the existing fans? They appear to be attached to the case with some kind of bolt that I cannot just unscrew, the only solution appears to be to pry them off with a screwdriver or similar but I am concerned that such an agricultural process might damage the case in such a way that I can no longer replace the fans.

Any advice much appreciated.

gumbykid · Apr 17, 2014

It looks like the screws are located in the inside of the case. Have you tried unscrewing them from there? It has the grooves for a screwdriver.

aldan · Apr 17, 2014

do not pry them.if they are screws (and this is likely)there will be a driver to fit the screw for removal.i doubt very highly these could be riveted.

huckerby101 · Apr 17, 2014

The retaining screws have a groove in the side rather than the top (a bit like a pie with a slice taken out). I don't think I have any suitable tools that I can use to remove them...

huckerby101 · Apr 17, 2014

gumbykid :

Do you mean I should remove the top panel from the case (with the power buttons & fan controller) and see if the fans are attached from under there?

gumbykid · Apr 17, 2014

I must've been looking at the wrong fans. I thought you were talking about the two side fans (they are 180mm, thought it said 80mm). I'll get back to you later today when I have time.

aldan · Apr 17, 2014

is that groove on both sides of the fastener?there is a driver for those,just cant think of the name right now.can you post a pic?

huckerby101 · Apr 17, 2014

aldan :

Ok, I'm going to try sharing images from my dropbox account...

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I think perhaps they are normal screws but have been fastened from the other side of the case (fastened from the outside...) What do you think?

p.s. how do I put pictures inline?

aldan · Apr 17, 2014

a small pair of pliers should get those out.they are definitely threaded fasteners.when you install your new fans you can use a more common fastener.just make sure they are the same thread as these.

gumbykid · Apr 17, 2014

To embed images, put the tags (img) before the url and (/img) after the url. Replace the ('s with ['s. Your images won't work for some reason when doing this.

I haven't seen those screws before so listen to aldan.

huckerby101 · Apr 20, 2014

OK so I removed the top panel (with the power switch , ports, fan speed controller etc.) and this was underneath:

Top of case

So the fans were screwed into place from above. I've removed the old fans & installed the new ones (attaching power to m/b) and all seems to be working well. Thanks for looking at this problem for me.

gumbykid · Apr 20, 2014

You need to clean out your case. Your temps would drop quite a bit if all the dust was removed. But i'm glad you figured out how.

aldan · Apr 20, 2014

good old phillips head screws.good you got it sorted.hows the new fans?

huckerby101 · May 5, 2014

Athlon II X3 runs at 30 C when idle, NVidia Geforce 460 runs at 46 C while idle. Haven't measured them under load, but before I replaced the fans the CPU was peaking at 70 C shortly before system shut down. Everything seems much more stable now.

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