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Question about Fan Screws

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topaimz

Limp Gawd
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How the **** do you use em?

All the fan screws are too fat/big and the supposed
screw holes on the fans themselves are too narrow/small.

I tried to screw in a LED lighted screw on to my fan and
made a closed end corner into a open end in the process...

Easily said, the corner broke apart since I put too much
strain on it trying to fit/screw in the screw...

I've used those plastic mounts until now on all my fans, but now
I'm out of them, can find anywhere that sells em, so I used the
screws that came with the fans... don't work... wtf?!
 
I mean, "HOW DO YOU USE THE FAN SCREWS?"

Is this like how some they used to pack forks and knives at
Burger joints, although you clearly don't use em?

Are they for like show or something, because they are clearly
useless, lmao...
 
Heh, they never really work right. I end up screwing it in outside of the case first to get it started, otherwise it is near to impossible.
 
that is why I started up the thread...

Anyone ever use em?

I just broke off two corners of a fan.

#1, tried to screw in the screw by force
and my fit of frustration with a mixture
of blunt force made the closed corner
fan into a open and broken corner fan.

#2, tried to make a screw groove with
a rotary tool, and just cracked the corner.
 
Pics? Just wondering what screws we're talking about here. If they're the ones I'm thinking of, I usually gently drive them into the fan holes first to thread them in.
 
These screws with the led on em.
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Got em to light mod my mobo/case.
 
Normal fan screws, the ones that come with the fans, screw right into those holes. They screw in and tap the hole at the same time. Of course you don't have to use them. I've always found hex head screws to look nice on fans.

Edit: Well never mind this then >_>
 
Well, sounds like the fans and screws were not meant for each other.

The screws that came with my fans worked fine, they do need a bit extra force since as said they screw and tap at the same time, but they should not require so much force as to break the fan mount.
 
The only time I have ever had a problem with them is a cheap 80mm fan. The plastic was too hard and brittle so the threads didn't want to start and once they did they cracked the plastic. Never had any problems except for that one fan, they normally self-tap easily and hold well. I do screw them into the holes on the fan before I mount them in the case as stated before. You also need to make sure you start them lined up straight or they will look funny.
 
I guess I'll use a motor/electric screwdriver to slowly yet forcefully screw
them in to the hole, and make the groove/thread as I screw it in.
 
I would say try useing mormal fan screws first, to get the holes enlarged and threaded, then try with the lighted screws.

I have been working on computers sense about 1995 and I don't recall ever breaking or stripping a screw hole in a fan. Of course I have never used anything other than the normal fan screws either.
 
Yes, normal fan screws are larger than the mounting holes at the corners of fans - this is because the holes in the fans do no have threads & the fan screws have to cut their own thread into the plastic as they go. I have used them on every single PC I own & have never had a problem with them, as long as you use a decent ratchet screwdriver to be able to get enough torque.
 
lost eden said:
Yes, normal fan screws are larger than the mounting holes at the corners of fans - this is because the holes in the fans do no have threads & the fan screws have to cut their own thread into the plastic as they go. I have used them on every single PC I own & have never had a problem with them, as long as you use a decent ratchet screwdriver to be able to get enough torque.
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Definitely get enough torque, but don't push towards the fan too hard as that may be what breaks off the corners.
 
Direfox said:
The only time I have ever had a problem with them is a cheap 80mm fan. The plastic was too hard and brittle so the threads didn't want to start and once they did they cracked the plastic.
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Bingo. The exact same thing happened to me on a transparent plastic fan. Fan screws work fine unless the plastic is too hard.
 
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