Blackmagic Hyperdeck Studio Mini Fan Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          30 minutes - 1 hour            

Sections

1

• Quiet Fan Upgrade
• 8 steps

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Introduction

WARNING - THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY!

What you need

Video Overview

Step 1

              Unscrew the Outer Case               

• 4 Screws on each side

4 Screws on each side

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Step 2

              Remove Fan               

• 2 - Screws
• 1 - Pull cable

2 - Screws

1 - Pull cable

Step 3

              Cut Off Connector from both the old and new fan               

• Leave some length to solder with and to reach connector on main board.

Leave some length to solder with and to reach connector on main board.

Step 4

              Prep Fan Wires and Connector Wires               

• Strip Wires, Tin Wires, and prep by adding heat shrink tubing on wires (before shrinking).

Strip Wires, Tin Wires, and prep by adding heat shrink tubing on wires (before shrinking).

Step 5

              Solder Connecter to Fan               

• Solder the new fan to the old connector using the following pinout.
• Adjust heat shrink tubing so it covers the solder joints and use heat gun to shrink tubing.

Solder the new fan to the old connector using the following pinout.

Adjust heat shrink tubing so it covers the solder joints and use heat gun to shrink tubing.

Step 6

              Re-assemble fan to device with fan label facing out               

• Re-assemble fan to device with fan label facing out.

Re-assemble fan to device with fan label facing out.

Step 7

              OPTIONAL - Use Small Round Nose Pliers to break off case grill to make fan even quieter               

• OPTIONAL - Use Small Round Nose Pliers to break off case grill to make fan even quieter.

OPTIONAL - Use Small Round Nose Pliers to break off case grill to make fan even quieter.

Step 8

              Re-Assemble Case               

• Re-Assemble case.

Re-Assemble case.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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tberntson - Jan 16, 2019

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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! This was the perfect solution. The new Noctua fan even came with solderless connectors. The whole job only took 20 minutes. It is now completely silent!

Adrian Cho - May 17, 2020

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Just replaced mine monitoring the temperature now. As @tberntson mentioned, the fan comes with some Skotchlok connectors and no soldering even required. I can’t believe how quiet the new fan is. Complete night and day difference. Kevin, thanks so much for sharing this.

mikaelf - Jun 5, 2020

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Hi! any one that have the part number for the Nactua fan with Skotchlok connectors is it NF-A4x20-PWM?

Jamie - Aug 17, 2020

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The connector you need is a Micro JST ZH 1.5mm 4-pin female connector. You can pick them up pre-wired on eBay.

pzacharias - Nov 12, 2020

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Thank you so much! I soldered it and it works great! So silent now that I can´t hear it at all!