Cooling fan is making irritating noise

my cooling fan has resently been making alot of noise
i tried cleaning dust of it but then it wouldnt stop
i then found the fan was kinda loose and when pushed on the outside and moved, it would make the same noise rubbing against the bottom of the heatsink
is there a way to fix this

Well, since you didn't really give the actual model, I can only speculate that it's the wire interfering with the fan. The Ti XXXX 8x retail series have a TopTech Cooler and the housing that holds the fan has a metal clip that's supposed to keep the wire from touching the blades. It doesn't work that well and sometimes you have to fiddle with the wire to get it to clear the blades. It will often happen after handling or cleaning the assemby.

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