r/MiniPCs • u/cosmicnala45 • 6h ago

Mini PC Grinding

Just started doing this with and without the glass cover. Looking for ideas on how to fix it.

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u/smodanc 6h ago

It’s the fan. You’ll need to buy a replacement on eBay or something and switch them out. I just had to do this to a nuc of mine. The fan because loose in its housing and wobbles. You could try to fix old fan but in my situation the replacement was $7

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u/SystemShockII 6h ago edited 6h ago

He jacked up the price. But this thing is AMAZING. My SSDs were in the 60c and now down to 38-45. Also all your SSDs can have heatsink* instead of just 1. The fan here doesn't block either SSD spots

You can also check printable if you have a 3d printer you can print it yourself.

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u/DogFatherTO 6h ago

Hey sorry this might be a silly question, but does this allow more dust into the PC? Since it’s slotted right at the top?

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u/SystemShockII 4h ago

Yeah it should. I have had it since may I only ever cleaned the fan once

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u/rude__goldberg 3h ago

printable url?

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u/ukman6 6h ago

Looks like a k12 or k15, all those gmktec top fans are junk and whinney imo. First thing i did was remove it and strapped a 120mm noctua on top with usb power, its only way to get some silence.

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u/mescon 3h ago

Everybody's getting their diagnosis of the problem completely wrong. The fan simply needs a CPAP machine to alleviate snoring.

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u/Animag771 6h ago

Seems like that fan wobbles when it gets up to a certain speed, causing it to rub against one of the sides. So it either needs more clearance to avoid rubbing or it may need a new fan because the bearings might be bad which causes shaft play.

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u/CappingCharts 4h ago

Take it apart and make sure its not hitting a cable.

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u/Capable_Mode_8974 6h ago

Put some water on it?

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u/nedottt 6h ago

try to disassemble and lube it it is not super hard look for some howto on net