Broken fan

[AlbertoQuemada]

Hi i have a 13 inch MacBook Pro from 2011.
The connector of the fan is broken and I want to know if it is dangerous to use it without the fan.
I see people saying that you can solder it back or even glue it but I don't know how to solder it or if the glue will work.
i will bring the Mac to an apple store and see what they say.

 

[hallux]

Is it the connector on the board or the connector on the fan?

It sounds like you're talking about the connector on the board. The thermals of the computer were not designed for fanless operation. Can you get by with doing lightweight web browsing and email? Sure. Can you do some tasks that require more power? Maybe, but it might get hot and throttle itself.

 

[AlbertoQuemada]

Is it the connector on the board or the connector on the fan?

It sounds like you're talking about the connector on the board. The thermals of the computer were not designed for fanless operation. Can you get by with doing lightweight web browsing and email? Sure. Can you do some tasks that require more power? Maybe, but it might get hot and throttle itself.

The connector on the board separate itself with the fan, and they told me to sold it back to the motherboard.
If the Mac gets overheating i will get a warning signal or something?

 

[hallux]

That's some intricate work to solder the fan connector back to the board.

 

[velocityg4]

Bring it to a shop that does soldering. It likely won’t be any Apple Authorized Service Center.

Soldering a fan connector onto a Motherboard is not something for a first timer.

It can be done. I accidentally broke part of the internal monitor connector on an iMac. I soldered those little pins back on. It’s been fine for half a year now.