I wanted to add a bit to this conversation regarding the fan in the OWC Thunderbay 4 mini.
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Now, if I could get the Mac Studio to stop waking up randomly. OWC customer service was awful, and the LED is absurdly bright, but it's nice to have the fan issue settled. (I imagine OWC gets custom-built fans from Noctua - thinner and with the JST connector.) If I start noticing the sound, I can always add one of the adapters to slow it down. It's so much quieter than the Sunon fan that at first I thought maybe it wasn't on.Īnd according to spec sheets, the Noctua runs at 3,000 RPM vs 2,200 for the Sunon. The NF A6x25 FLX is deeper (thicker) than the Sunon - almost too thick to fit into the Mini's fan opening. I cut off the female connector of a Noctua extension cable and the female connector of the Sunon fan cable and spliced red to red and black to black. He also confirmed that the red wire carries +12 V DC. He confirmed that the Mini does not support fan speed control, so the yellow lead is not carrying a signal. I got lucky on my third attempt with OWC tech support: I reached someone who used to be in the repair department and has worked on the Mini. I emailed Noctua support, and they said the NF A6x25 FLX uses a standard 2510 connector (I'm assuming Molex), and the Sunon appears to be a JST 2.0 PH connector.Ī helpful soul over at Tom's Hardware forums pointed out that the Mini's connector uses a non-standard pattern: typically the red lead is in the middle, while in the Mini, the middle is yellow. I emailed OWC today and asked: if I returned the mini to B&H and ordered from OWC, can they be sure they'll send one with a Noctua? Waiting for a reply. The connector doesn't fit - it's too large, and has a different pinout.Īnybody had this problem and come up with a solution? Next, I ordered a Noctua NF-A6x25 FLX from Amazon. Why not send a Noctua when they're back in stock?
Unless I missed it, this is not mentioned anywhere on their site, so the sudden 180 and resorting to legalese is sleazy. "Leadership has reminded me that components can be changed without warning based on supply and availability." I emailed them again, and after two emails and two phone calls, they finally said they don't currently have Noctua fans, and they're not going to get me one, adding: They said yes, though they also added an concerning disclaimer that this could change without notice.Īfter the TB4 mini arrived, I emailed OWC asking if they'd send a Noctua fan, since that's what is pictured at both OWC and B&H web sites (and reported in this thread that they did that for them).īut the replacement they sent was a Sunon. It's loud compared to the M1 Max Mac Studio right next to it.īefore ordering, I had emailed OWC to confirm that the Mini still uses the Noctua.
I ordered a Thunderbay4 Mini from B&H three weeks ago. Where did you get that Noctua fan? From OWC?
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