Dark Rock Pro 5 middle fan

[od.]

Hello!
I have a question regarding Dark Rock Pro 5. How can I easily remove the middle fan of the cooler? I don't know how to remove it. I have a feeling that I tightened the screws too much and I want to unscrew them just a bit. The thing is that I don't know how to remove the middle fan and I don't want to do anything stupid and break it. I kindly need some assistance with this one. Thanks and sorry for my bad english!

[_I_]

its just clipped on, but a pain to do inside a case due to how the fan is slid sideways into the coolers gap

[od.]

I am building a PC for the first time and I only have the motherboard with the CPU and RAM in it and of course the cooler. I don't have these mounted in the case yet. How can I "unclip" it? Will I break something if I force it out?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

The middle fan is just screwed to the removable top plate that covers the top of the heatsink. You take off the top and under the top is a mounting point with 2 phillips head screws.

You can see this at 06:29 of this video on the Dark Rock Pro 5...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkozxnQK8M

[od.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rax5W2qRTAU
In this video at 5:30, he clips the middle fan in. I want to know how can I unclip it. I'm afraid I will break something if I force it out. I used a little bit of force to unclip it, but it doesn't flinch.

[_I_]

ok, its different design
unscrew/unclip the top and lift it off


but you cant go too tight on the screws that hold the heatsink down

[smokerob79]

bottom out the screws.....that CPU cooler is made to have them bottomed out as that is the rated pressure for the socket and cooler design.....DO NOT LOOSEN THE SCREWS

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Do everything with the Motherboard outside the Case first. Test everything before installing into a Case