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Assembly

Fan Units will come in four parts:

  • Fan Unit board
  • Left Bracket
  • Right Bracket
  • 5V Fan v
note

The Fan Unit is designed for a 5V fan like the Noctua NF-A4x20 5V PWM

Fan Unit parts

Start by installing the brackets onto the Fan. The brackets are toolless and will snap right on.

note

The Fan Brackets are not symmetrical; ensure that the fan is correctly oriented for your desired air flow configuration.

fans with Brackets installed

Next slide the fan with the brackets into the Fan Unit board

Fan installed onto fan unit board

Finally, connect the Fan to the 4-pin fan header on the fan unit board.

fully assembled Fan Unit

Connecting to Compute Blade

info

The Fan Units are only designed to work with the BladeRunner™™️ enclosures

When connecting the blade to the Fan Unit the boards should be 90° relative to each other. They use a square 4-pin connector and it is possible to connect them incorrectly out side of a BladeRunner enclosure. To avoid this please only connect the Fan Unit to the Compute Blade in a BladeRUnner Enclosure

danger

Plugging the Compute Blade into the Fan Unit incorrectly may lead to permanent damage to the Fan Unit, Blade any device installed on the Blade.

What the blade will look like without enclosure( DO NOT DO )

blade assembled with out Bladerunner