(Pi 4) Fan Shim suddenly stopped working

[Raspberrytart]

The Fanshim fan has Known lubrication problems. if pimoroni won’t replace it it may be worth trying to oil it before buying another.

Noisy fan-shim

Hi everyone, I recently bought a set with an RPI4, PSU, Ninja Coupe’ cover and a fan-shim. After assembling and powering up the device, I had to check 3 times to make sure the fan-shim was working (I’m using it without the script) as it was really silent. Amazing. Now, after two weeks, it started buzzing too loud so I was wondering what could be the cause. I disassembled it 2 times: checked everything, used some canned air to eventually clean the dust, and carefully put it in place again, bu…