I wanted to change the Superdrive on a 2010 Mac mini and when I took off the thermal connector from the hard drive, one of the two cables came off.

The hard drive has 2, it is the one on the other side of the SATA connector.

If you don't connect that cable, the fan always starts at 5000rpm. It is Apple Part Number: 076-1369

I was looking on Ebay/Ali and the cable is for €9, luckily you can insert the cable back into the connector and put a drop of thermal silicone to apply force and so far it works ok.

I wanted to change the Superdrive on a 2010 Mac mini and when I took off the thermal connector from the hard drive, one of the two cables came off.

The hard drive has 2, it is the one on the other side of the SATA connector.

If you don't connect that cable, the fan always starts at 5000rpm. It is Apple Part Number: 076-1369

I was looking on Ebay/Ali and the cable is for €9, luckily you can insert the cable back into the connector and put a drop of thermal silicone to apply force and so far it works ok.