Modding [DIY] Replacing fan ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm

Hey guys
 
This is a simple mod of the cpu cooler ZALMAN CNPS9700 LED 110mm.


I got this cooler since June 2009, in that time I had a Phenom II X4.

To use again this cooler in my new rig I had to buy the "ZALMAN ZM-CS5B Clip Support for Intel 1150".


Well, after easily install the cooler, I realized and remembered some tiny details:

- The fan has 3 pins
- That's the reason that the manufacturer included a manual fan controller, the Fanmate2.


- Without the fan the speed goes “To infinity... and beyond!" making a huge noise, impossible to be controlled by the bios.
- Also the fan was making now an annoying clicking noise.
- To finish the picture, the original fan has 110mm. Nice size, easily to replace... ¬¬

"So, we will have to find a solution", I thought
And is in that time of great tribulation and suffering that we just can count with the Google god... amen!

So, this is what I found:

Modding the Zalman 9500 Heatsink
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article284-page1.html

Replacing the fan in a Zalman cooler
http://tobestool.net/replacing-the-fan-in-a-zalman-cooler/

Cool.
The first one give some ideas, but not the solution.
The second one offer me a closer solution.

Based on the last one I began with my mod:


1. Like I don’t have a drill support the way was improvise something similar:


2. Fan fixed on the bench and ready to cut.


3. Cutting with the Dremel 561 Multipurpose Cutting Bit.


4. Done!



Here a vid:

ZALMAN CNPS9700 - Fan Mod 02




5. Taking off the leds. Removing the led mounts first.


6. Mounts off.


7. Marking the place to cut


8. And cutting with a small saw.


9. Fan off.


10. Sanding the blades.


11. Front view.


12. Rear view. You can appreciate the finest finishing for the leds


13. Cooler mounted and working. Rear view.


14. From above


15. Front view.



This is the list:

- 01 case fan Cooler Master SickleFlow 120mm Blue LED
- 01 Dremel 300
- 01 Dremel Multi-Vise 2500
- 01 Dremel 561 Multipurpose Cutting Bit.
- 02 quick-grip Hand Bar Clamp
- 01 Cordless Drill + High-Speed steel drill bit 2mm
- 01 Mini hand saw
- 01 sand paper
- Others



Hope you liked. Was not a "pro" job but it’s working.


Alvaro