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Dusk09

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Jun 29, 2024
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Hello, I am the happy owner of a Macbook PRO 13 mid 2012.
I removed the dvd drive, and the empty space from it I would like to use to connect an additional cooling system.
I would like to connect to the SATA port just one fan to blow out or to blow in (also I do not know yet how better), for example, this series of super thin - Sunon Mighty Mini Fans - slim 3mm, or arrange on this area of a full cooling system, ie, take another copper tube from the processor ....

At this stage I think that the fastest realisable option is to install just a fan.... but I don't know how to connect it correctly to the SATA port, I'm looking at adapters, I don't understand these amps, volts (I'm very far away from electronics), and I wouldn't want to destroy the motherboard, so I'm asking for help from respected forum members.

How to connect an additional fan in Macbook pro Mid2012 instead of DVD drive?


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Dusk09

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Jun 29, 2024
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Is the MacBook running very hot?
On the lap is impossible ... hot .
Thermoplast changed, Busi turbo disabled, Fan control is standing .
Only lack of technical knowledge and fear of burning the board stops me from attaching an additional fan ...;)
 

Alpha Centauri

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Have you replaced the cpu thermal paste?
Was going to be my first suggestion but I think that's what he meant by "thermoplast changed" (#3) ? Did wonders on my 2009 "15 dropping 10-15 C across the board. Having said that, the lower enclosure now runs hotter also as the heat is redirected from the CPU.
 

Alpha Centauri

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So then have the additional fan blowing out (in would just collect dust) through the thin dvd slit? How would you control fan speed so it wouldn't sound like a jet engine and consume the battery?

I ran my 2009er with a HDD/SSD tray for a little while with a SATA HDD as a second drive but got annoyed at the constant mounting and associated noise (after running SSD's for ever). Then when I bought a SSD as a secondary, there were issues with the firmware as the MBP was just to old.

Fast forward and I bought a M2 whose fans I haven't heard once in the 14 months of ownership. The 2009 has the Superdrive back in and after thermal paste replacement runs the occasional light duties but is mainly a backup machine.
 
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