xp-120 and yate loon

bendit · Post by **bendit** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:41 pm

can you use the organge yate loon unmodified on
this heatsink or do you have to mod the closed corner?
how easy is this for a newbie?

regards

Mike

slashdotcomma · Post by **slashdotcomma** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:45 pm

Yeah, kinda.

frankgehry · Post by **frankgehry** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:54 pm

Everybody is a newbee the first time, but its real easy. You can try it without cutting out the corners but you dont want the fan to fall off. The xp-120 fan clips like to sit in the mounting holes so you have to cut the corners back that far. Look at this link:

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=18368

Put masking tape over the motor casing where you can see into the motor so it doesn't get covered in plastic dust.

rtsai · Post by **rtsai** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:28 pm

Yes, the "corner mod" is simple enough for a newbie. I'm a newbie and I just did it

Just follow the instructions as shown.

I bought a USD$6 mini-hacksaw for the job at the local hardware store.

Cams · Post by **Cams** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:10 am

You may be lucky and manage to attach the fan as I did, using just the fan retention clips supplied.

slashdotcomma · Post by **slashdotcomma** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:14 am

if you need more pictures on the (cams' and mine) lazy method (sorry if they're bad) http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/redec3

rtsai · Post by **rtsai** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:20 pm

Cams wrote:You may be lucky and manage to attach the fan as I did, using just the fan retention clips supplied.

Is the fan completely secure? Isn't the design of the retention bracket intended to have the little sharp point fit inside the screwhole?

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:45 pm

Yes, the design is for the point to fit in the screwhole. But the clip is very tight. So tight that if you mount it like Cams did, it won't come loose unless you do things with your case you shouldn't do anyway.

I have mine fitted in the holes (with the corners cut out.) But that is because i'm paranoid and the mod is fairly easy.

meglamaniac · Post by **meglamaniac** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:44 am

I'm in the process of building my new system - trust me, modding the nexus fans is really easy.
It took me 10 minutes with a hacksaw.

The way I did it was on each corner make 5 cuts:
2 directly across the "tube" that you want to remove, at the edges where it meets the fan casing.
2 diagonally from the middle of the tube to the edges again, which leaves you with two triangular tube sections that fall out and a triangular ridge left in the middle of the remaining tube.
1 parallel to where the tube was to remove that final ridge.

Nice and neat, no sharp edges, and very little effort.
I did a little tidying up with a file but there was no need other than me being picky

xp-120 and yate loon

xp-120 and yate loon

cutting corners