Problem two - replacing the fan on video card

I have a NVidea GeForce4 Ti video card in my G4. The fan cooling the GPU stopped spinning, although I don't know when. I ordered the identical fan on-line, thinking that it wouldn't be that hard to get the old fan off. Apparently, it isn't as easy as I thought. There are two black plastic pieces which springs connecting the fan/heatsink to the board. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to extract them.
So, then I thought about just removing the fan and leaving the original heat sink attached. I got 6 of the 7 screws out, but one's really tight. Assuming that I can eventually get that one out as well, I still need to extract the wires from the surface of the card... it appears that they are glued on in one spot.
Has anyone here tried changing the fan on this (or another) video card who might have some insights in how to proceed? Thanks in advance for your help!
-Anthony
Dual 1.25 GHZ G4/FW 800   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

I purchased my replacement fan from "Surplus Sales of Nebraska." They actually carry the fan originally installed on the card. There website is:
www.surplussales.com
and the part number was FAN-MTHERM1027B
If you google "NV-1035-C2", it should pop right up (I get is as the first hit). They're only $6, but they have a $10 minimum order. I ended up with two fans.
I've been busy, so I haven't tried removing the fan yet. I read on the web, though, that once you remove the two black plastic pieces, you should put the video card into a freezer bag and then place it in the freezer for a few hours. Supposedly, you can then remove the fan with a twisting motion. Apparently, it's pretty easy to damage the GPU if you pull it straight off. That being said, if you can remove all of the screws on the fan, you can actually leave the heatsink in place and just replace the fan. I tried that, but I have one screw that's stuck.
Anyway, I think this is still the least of my problems. Although I haven't tried rebooting recently, I had trouble mounting a DVD today which I suspect is related to my first problem (where my hard drives don't always show up when I try to boot the computer). I'm becoming convinced that it's going to be a power supply or motherboard issue (ugh). If I get a chance to try removing the fan from the board, I'll let you know.
-Anthony
Dual 1.25 GHZ G4/FW 800   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

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