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Recently the fan on my Airport began screeching and grinding. It is out of warranty but I'm fairly sure I can replace it if I had a replacement part number. Google hasn't been helpful. Any suggestions?
Has the fan been a common point of failure on this model?
Airport Extreme 802.11ac
Applecare on an Apple TV will cover the Airport.. it should come out a lot cheaper than $200.
You can simply purchase the Apple TV 3.. plus its Applecare... then get them to replace the AE .. then return the unopened Apple TV for refund.. so you will end up paying just the applecare on the AppleTV.
Check to make sure it is still considered legit.. but since they do not provide applecare directly for the Airport routers I see this as effectively the same thing.
Otherwise you will need to take the advice of others here and open the Airport and replace the fan.
It lasted several months, maybe 6?, and then failed again.
No, it failed due to other problems. Perhaps it was heat 😟 from not taking care of the fan problem early enough.
Fan is failing on 6th Generation Airport Base Station
