that's nice you can take out the fan module without taking out the motherboard and flipping it over. some older laptop is some annoying to take out the fan
The way you took the cover off, you’re begging to snap a clip. You started out fine then got all impatient. You should have kept going around in a circle prying at whichever side was ready to give. It gets progressively easier when you don’t use hamfists.
