Introduction
Noisy or poorly-performing fan? Use this guide to replace the fan, or remove it for cleaning in your Mac mini Late 2014.
Tools
Parts
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The bottom cover is clipped onto three screw posts.
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Pry near, but not right on the screw posts.
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Remove the following TR6 screws from the antenna plate:
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Three 4.1 mm screws
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Three 1.9 mm screws
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With the I/O ports facing you, flip the antenna plate to the right to allow access to the antenna cable connector.
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Use the point of a spudger to lift the antenna connector straight up off its socket on the airport card.
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Remove the two 12 mm T6 screws from the fan.
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Loosen the 27 mm T6 captive screw–it will get removed with the fan assembly.
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Lift the fan straight up to free the captive screw from its hole in the logic board.
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Pull the fan away from the SSD until you can easily access the fan connector.
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Use the point of a spudger to lift the fan connector straight up out of its socket on the logic board.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
3 comments
Had a problem with a noisy fan. Apparently the blades were scratching its housing, so i just bend the aluminium housing a bit and spin the fan to see if its still had a contact. It works like a charm.
Just got my first ever Mac yesterday, used it all day without realizing the fan wasn't working. Opened it up this morning to find the fan completely unplugged from the board. Plugged it back in and now it's working great! Thanks so much!
good instruction, thanks. But: the replacement fan from iFixit is lots more louder than the orig from Apple - sad.
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Read Me First: I purchased an SSD drive directly from Crucial and, of course, it came uninitialized. After going thru the entire tear down, installing the new drive, and rebuilding the mini, it refused to recognize the new drive. So, of course, I had to re-tear it down, remove the new drive, insert it into an external housing and format it using my Macbook. After that the mini recognized the new drive. A word to the wise: format the new drive before installing it.
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