How to remove fan from heatsink

[ejagas09]

Guys help me! Is there any way of removing the fan from my cpu heat sink?
because im trying to clean my fan without removing the heat sink because I dont want to replace the thermal paste.

 

[amuffin]

depends on which heatsink.

 

[ejagas09]

My heatsink is a LGA 775

 

[ejagas09]

It is a stock cooler

 

[amuffin]

you can use compressed air.

 

[ejagas09]

Ahh...Compressed air....Thanks for the quick reply! But is there any way of removing the fan from the heatsink?

 

[truegenius]

just unscrew the fan