Introduction
Noisy or poorly-performing fan? Use this guide to replace the fan, or remove it for cleaning in your Mac mini Late 2014.
What you need
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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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Carefully pull the antenna cable out from the gap between the power supply and case.
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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.
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4 Guide 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!
I have a Mac mini without a fan. The plug is also not there, so it is a version, 2.6 GHz, without a fan. (and I almost bought one as the vendor said that error is displayed propably, but I started it without any error message).
