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Disassembling Macintosh IIsi System Fan

Device	Macintosh IIsi
Difficulty	Moderate
Time	No estimate
Steps	2

This guide is by Chris Green on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

The Macintosh IIsi has a case fan mouted on inside back of the computer case.

Step 1

• The fan recieves power from two contacts on the logic board and has no connector.

Step 2

• In all of the years that I have worked on this machine, I have found no good way to remove the fan.
• The best way to start, is to push in here on the side of the fan.
• Being careful not to exert too much force, try to push in, and wiggle the fan outward as such. (2nd Photo)
• You can now lift the fan all the way out, and remove it.
• The Fan Power Contacts on the Logic Board:

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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