Damaged 775 Cooler

[Spleenharvester]

Hi,
I have a quiet startech fan+heatsink combo for my pc building project. To cut a long story short, the heatsink fell onto my floor. A small piece from the silver plastic on top snapped off, however I cannot see any damage done to the fan. Should I try using this? Or booting up the computer with the side off? Here is the link to it:
http://www.startech.com/Product/ItemDetail.aspx?productid=FAN775&c=US
I am one annoyed guy right now.
Thanks
P.S I will try to upload a picture if my camera decides to work.

 

[mailpup]

If by "top" you mean part of the fan shroud, as long as the structural integrity of the whole shroud isn't compromised, it should be okay.

 

[Spleenharvester]

Okay, Thanks. The bit broken off is one of the small triangle-like shapes right at the edge, as seen in the link.