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Lid sinds 12/12/10
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BEWARE…! I recently bought a replacement fan for another AirPort Extreme. When I re-assembled it and powered the unit up, the fan whined. I contacted the vendor who sent me another (after another 3 week wait) Same problem. I complained again and they gave me a refund. I bought from a different supplier. Same problem. So (in desperation/stupidity) I have bought from a third vendor. It seems the 4 noisy fans I have are all Chinese copies. Yes they are sunon, but are “pattern” versions. When you strip them they have 4 windings not 6. The cables are not channeled etc. The fan which has not arrived had photos like the OEM. I may try a resistor to reduce the voltage to make one of them spin more slowly. But only if the last best chance fan also whines.
My replacement for the fan had the rubber grommets already in place. I put a tiny amount of grease on the thread of the screws, and screwed them into the grommet before attempting the re-assembly.
You will have to compress the fan against the covered motherboard section to re-align the bolts. Due to the cable’s fragility, I fit the screw by the cable first.
As “You cannot edit comments after five minutes have passed.”, I have a typo in my instructions, it should have said “…lift the internal…”
My metal plate covered all the wires, so I had to remove it before disconnecting the cables.
As a number of people have pointed out. The connectors are not the same, so their removal methods are different.
With the unit upside down, and the bottom removed.
1) Remove the hardest to reach LED connector, by placing a spudger against the circuit board, and gently easing the cable out perpendicular to the surface of the circuit board.
2) Remove the fan connector (as it was covered by the LED cable) using the same technique.
3) The BIG connector pulls vertically up, parallel to the circuitboard. Be gentle, these are delicate.
The sockets for the RJ45 (ethernet) ports are locked into the case, fit the internal structure by 1-2mm, then you can compress the two halves together to enable removal of the body.
As plevin says, take care not to damage the cables to the reset switch, and the cable to the status LED
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