Difficulty

Easy

Steps

5

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Sections

2

  • Bottom Cover
  • 2 steps
  • Fan
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Introduction

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Step 1

              Bottom Cover
  • Place your thumbs in the depressions cut into the bottom cover.
  • Rotate the bottom cover counter-clockwise until the white dot painted on the bottom cover is aligned with the ring inscribed on the outer case.
  • You do not need to apply much downward pressure while turning.

Place your thumbs in the depressions cut into the bottom cover.

Rotate the bottom cover counter-clockwise until the white dot painted on the bottom cover is aligned with the ring inscribed on the outer case.

You do not need to apply much downward pressure while turning.

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Step 2

  • Tilt the mini enough to allow the bottom cover to fall away from the outer case.
  • Remove the bottom cover and set it aside.

Tilt the mini enough to allow the bottom cover to fall away from the outer case.

Remove the bottom cover and set it aside.

Step 3

              Fan
  • Remove the two 11.3 mm T6 Torx screws securing the fan to the logic board near the antenna plate.

Remove the two 11.3 mm T6 Torx screws securing the fan to the logic board near the antenna plate.

Step 4

  • Lift the ear of the fan nearest the RAM up off the standoff secured to the outer case.
  • Removing the standoff screw is not necessary to remove the fan. You need only raise the fan enough to lift it off the standoff screw.

Lift the ear of the fan nearest the RAM up off the standoff secured to the outer case.

Removing the standoff screw is not necessary to remove the fan. You need only raise the fan enough to lift it off the standoff screw.

Step 5

  • Lift the fan out of the mini for enough clearance to access its connector.
  • Grab all the wires at once and gently pull straight up to disconnect the fan from the logic board.
  • Do not pry at the socket, or you may rip it from the logic board.
  • Remove the fan.

Lift the fan out of the mini for enough clearance to access its connector.

Grab all the wires at once and gently pull straight up to disconnect the fan from the logic board.

Do not pry at the socket, or you may rip it from the logic board.

Remove the fan.

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ben shore - May 25, 2012

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one of the screws will be “stuck” inside the mount due to having two fixed washers on either side. this screw can be taken apart by holding the bottom piece with pliers and using your torx driver on the top. you will need to do this to replace the fan with a new one.

good luck

hamagucd - Apr 8, 2015

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step 3 should have note to remove 3 ea. screws … the screw on the left bottom on the picture is not shown … it is obvious when you look at the fan you recieve … connector came out very easy, just pull up (easily) … took less than 15 minutes on my i7 server mini, mid 2011 model

DiSH

Snowleop20 - Jan 3, 2022

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how do we take or remove the screws and shaft from the fan unit?

i’m repealing one this week, and cant get the screw out of the old fan unit.

thanks in advance!