Hardware Fan upgrade?

[0DanDan0]

Can i theoretically replace the old loud stock wii u fan with something like this noctua fan https://noctua.at/en/products/fan/nf-a4x10-5v

 

[wolf-snake]

Wait... The Wii U has a loud fan? i had mine since launch and bruh's quieter than a Youtuber after grooming allegations.

 

[AmandaRose]

Wait... The Wii U has a loud fan? i had mine since launch and bruh's quieter than a Youtuber after grooming allegations.

Yep totally agree had my WiiU since the first day they came out. Use it nearly every day and have never once heard the fan make a noise of any sort.

 

[MysticStarlight]

Wait... The Wii U has a loud fan? i had mine since launch and bruh's quieter than a Youtuber after grooming allegations.

I've just spewed my coffee

To OP: I've never heard my Wii U's fan make any noise. Maybe your fan is faulty? Maybe you need to clean it and change the thermal pads? (I don't know if the Wii U uses thermal paste like the Switch, or thermal pads like the original Wii...)

 

[0DanDan0]

Well its just loud at startup and i kinda just wanna do any hardware mod on my wii u cause its kinda bland and i cant do a plexi glass mod or rgb strip

 

[KirbyBot]

Well its just loud at startup

Only when it's really cold my Wii U decides to do some very weird sounds at startup, but usually it's normal, maybe that's what's causing it

 

[SDIO]

The fan is a little nonstandard. Besides GND it has a constant 5V supply and one signal to make it slower in eco mode. It has no tacho signal. So if you hook up another fan make sure to only connect the 5V and GND and not the tacho signal or you might break something.
That will also make it run full speed in eco mode

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Only when it's really cold my Wii U decides to do some very weird sounds at startup, but usually it's normal, maybe that's what's causing it

It's probably the disc drive which you hear on startup

 

[0DanDan0]

The fan is a little nonstandard. Besides GND it has a constant 5V supply and one signal to make it slower in eco mode. It has no tacho signal. So if you hook up another fan make sure to only connect the 5V and GND and not the tacho signal or you might break something.
That will also make it run full speed in eco mode

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It's probably the disc drive which you hear on startup

Do you think if i soldered the actual noctua blade to the old connector and put it in the old bearing in the wii us fan cause i think noctua has that size

 

[EarthPenguin861]

Hey, did you end up doing it

 

[0DanDan0]

Hey, did you end up doing it

No i didnt get enough info to try it out sadly

 

[EarthPenguin861]

Well I will tell you that it did happen with the wii so I don't see any reason why the wii u couldn't

 

[The Real Jdbye]

It's probably the disc drive which you hear on startup

I was about to say the same, the disc drive always checks for a disc on startup so it will make sound.
I think people forget how noisy optical drives are. Kinda glad to be mostly rid of them nowadays.

 

[0DanDan0]

Well I will tell you that it did happen with the wii so I don't see any reason why the wii u couldn't

Ok im going to try it

 

[EarthPenguin861]

Good luck