MacPro fan removal

MacPro fan removal

MacPro fan removal Disassembling Mac Pro Front fan assembly of an old Mac Pro

Written By: Dirk Winning

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MacPro fan removal

INTRODUCTION It seems hard to get the fans out in the real world, so I would like to explain

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MacPro fan removal

Step 1 — MacPro fan removal 

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You want to pull off the grey fanassembly on the left (already gone in the pic), for that you have to unscrew 4 Screws in the memorycompartment on the right, slide that to the right and take out the middle cover for the processors

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Step 2 

The problem often is, that the slideholder of the fan-assembly is quite stuck in the black plastic on the bottom of the case; it helps a lot to use a flat metal stick to push it up and out

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The card-retaining blade that has two hand-driven screwheads is quite ideal for this purpose

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. This document was last generated on 2017-06-22 08:06:38 PM.

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