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ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer PSU fan
My ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer edition is old, bought in 2010.
The fan on the PSU stopped working recently.
I browsed the forums and found posts about replacing just the fan so bought a suitable Noctua replacement.
When I set to dismantling my NAS, I found that on my box the PSU fan was powered from with the PSU with a 2-pin connector, whereas the instructions I had read here had a 3-pin connector to the main board and my replacement fan has a 3-pin connector.
Has anyone else replaced the PSU fan on a 2010 model? ANyone know of a possible replacement fan with a 2-pin connector?
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I am not aware of any 6-bay legacy PSU that uses a 3-pin fan.
In this post ReadyNAS-Pro-6-Power-Supply-FAN-replacement, the poster does not plug the Noctua fan into the connector the old one used, he connects it externally to one of the 4-pin Molex connectors via an adapter.
The PSU fan does not utilize the tachometer (normally yellow wire) signal. So another option (if it fits) is to just connect the red and black wires to the original connector and leave the yellow hanging off. If that won't fit, you can remove the pins from the new one and insert them into the shell for the old one or cut off the new and splice on the old one.
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