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Replacing a Power Supply Fan With a Performance Case Fan

By  George Niemela

Page 4:     Salvaging the metal connectors off of 2-pin fan

This section is the trickiest part of this whole operation.  Let us look at the anatomy of the connectors first.  It is basically a thin strip of metal wrapped around at the end.  Then it has two sets of “wings” or “clamps” that have been folded over.  The first set has been folded over very loosely over the plastic part of the wire.  Then the second set has been machine pressed into the metal.  By looking at it, there is absolutely no way you will be able to pry the second set open, so we will not bother.  But the first set of clamps is rather easy to do.  So take your slotted screwdriver and pry open the first set of clamps being careful not the break them.  Pry them open enough that you can move the plastic part out.  Now take the wire cutters and cut the wire at the very base of the second set of clamps.  You’ve freed one of the connectors.  Now do the same for the other and you are done.  Keep the connectors, but you can do whatever you want to do with the fan.  You don’t need it anymore.

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