Mac Mini (late 2014) heatsink making noise in vertical position
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Hope you are fine.
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I want to setup my Mac Mini in vertical position. There are three options: (1) wires at the left and Apple logo turned 90 degrees to the left, (2) wires at the top and logo in standard position and (3) wires at the right and logo 90 degrees to the right.
For positions (2) and (3) everything works fine. However, when using position (1) I started to hear a metallic weird noise. My first thought was ''it is the fan'' but to my surprise it was not: removed the fan and still the noise, I figured out it is the heatsink: if I remove it, there is no noise.
The heatsink itself looks to me as a really solid and compact piece, I don't see where the noise could be coming from. I cleaned and removed everything that can be cleaned and removed, but still getting the noise.
Any thoughts or help? I can quickly share a video if needed.
Thank you very much for your help. I am going nuts.
Mac Mini (late 2014) heatsink making noise in vertical position
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi there,
Hope you are fine.
I want to setup my Mac Mini in vertical position. There are three options: (1) wires at the left and Apple logo turned 90 degrees to the left, (2) wires at the top and logo in standard position and (3) wires at the right and logo 90 degrees to the right.
For positions (2) and (3) everything works fine. However, when using position (1) I started to hear a metallic weird noise. My first thought was ''it is the fan'' but to my surprise it was not: removed the fan and still the noise, I figured out it is the heatsink: if I remove it, there is no noise.
The heatsink itself looks to me as a really solid and compact piece, I don't see where the noise could be coming from. I cleaned and removed everything that can be cleaned and removed, but still getting the noise.
Any thoughts or help? I can quickly share a video if needed.
Thank you very much for your help. I am going nuts.
Mac Mini (late 2014) heatsink making noise in vertical position
crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:
Hi there,
Hope you are fine.
I want to setup my Mac Mini in vertical position. There are three options: (1) wires at the left and Apple logo turned 90 degrees to the left, (2) wires at the top and logo in standard position and (3) wires at the right and logo 90 degrees to the right.
For positions (2) and (3) everything works fine. However, when using position (1) I started to hear a metallic weird noise. My first thought was ''it is the fan'' but to my surprise it was not: removed the fan and still the noise, I figured out it is the heatsink: if I remove it, there is no noise.
The heatsink itself looks to me as a really solid and compact piece, I don't see where the noise could be coming from. I cleaned and removed everything that can be cleaned and removed, but still getting the noise.
Any thoughts or help? I can quickly share a video if needed.
Thank you very much for your help. I am going nuts.