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[* black] Lift the fan out of the mini for enough clearance to access its connector.
[* black] Carefully pull the fan cables upward to lift the fan connector up out of its socket on the logic board.
[* black] Remove the fan.
+[* black] (i could not figure out how to remove the fan connector from its socket, so i left fan attached.)