Changing out fans on Lian-Li

[TechMasterChen]

I just picked up a Lian-Li PC65-B the other day on the many recommendations for Lian Li from this Forum, it's my first new case in quite a few years. Awesome case but I have a question or two about the fans. I'd like to remove the fans and put Panaflo 80mm in, how do I go about removing these fans? They don't appear to be screwed in but self-tap screws? Do I just wedge a screwdriver under them? Any suggestions would be appreciated before I start in on this. My last system I really didn't have to worry about heat all that much so I'm a little noob with this stuff.

I can't wait to start throwing equipment in this case, I can't believe how light it is. All I have right now is a few rounded cables and a Enermax 431watt power supply. I'm waiting for fall for the new DirectX9 video cards before I build my new system.

Thanks for the help!

 

[hmsrolst]

I don't know if they still use the same method (my Lian Li is over a year old), but I did the same thing. I found that the easiest way to do it was to pull out the round circular part that fits against the case with a needle nose pliers. It comes out pretty easily. You can also try to push the pin out backwards from the other side, but I thought that was harder that way. You can then re-use the pin on your panaflos.

 

[TechMasterChen]

Thanks, I'll give that a try!

 

[Nutcracker]

I found the easiest for me was to push it out from the other side