Pictures and details:
http://www.enermax.com/products_per2.php?Tid=3&gon=252&Gid=1&Gid2=22
No, I haven't done any soldering in the past.
Can't tell anything from the pictures, maybe if you describe
how it's mounted on the fan frame? Do the power leads
coming from the motherboard header go to the (POT?) or
directly to the fan, with separate wires coming out of the
fan then going to the POT?
Sure, it's possible to damage it if you stress it too much
while removing it... though it's hard to tell if it'd be
stressed with any particular removal method without seeing
how it's mounted. A Typical POT has a smooth or threaded
shaft sleeve, which "seems" to extend through the fan
mounting hole. Presuming it's threaded, then there's a nut
that goes around it on the other side of the case wall?
If you can't turn it out of that fan hole, how does it look
like they attached it? If there are values stamped on the
side of the POT, or if you can measure it with a multimeter,
you can then buy another POT if it were to be damaged.
Either way you'll need to do some soldering or crimping
wires to extend it to the alternate mounting location, yes?
