⟐ Commented сентября 15, 2020 at 9:38 GMT-7

I already unplug my ram. But nothing happened.

⟐ Answer accepted сентября 12, 2020 at 9:47 GMT-7

I’ve got the Mac Mini downstairs in the basement and as we're now moving into Spring and eventually Summer, I want to keep an eye on things down there to ensure they don’t get too hot.

The actual room temperature is 15.1ºC and the Ambient is reading at 27ºC and the Ambient 2 is reading at 25ºC. Does anyone know much about the placement of those two sensors in the Late 2014 Mac Mini? I assume they are measuring air temp inside the case, and not inlet temperature. I’ve not been able to find much online about where those two sensors are inside the unit.

I’m more curious than anything else. I’m happy to use the ambient sensor temperatures as a proxy for the overall environment, but I’m curious as to where they are.

⟐ Commented сентября 09, 2020 at 17:27 GMT-7

If I back up the current HDD to Time Machine, can I install the new SSD and then “restore” it from the back-up? Will it restore the old OS 10.6.8? (Which is what I want).

Or should I put the new SSD in an external USB case (before installing) and “clone” the old internal HDD to the new SSD and THEN install the new SSD?

⟐ Answer edited сентября 02, 2020 at 16:24 GMT-7

⟐ Commented августа 27, 2020 at 16:33 GMT-7

*C07414302RHF1H8AM*    631-2014   CHINA

Current repair is telling me that previous repair swapped out my original logic board claiming they resoldered the board fan connector because there’s no connector repair.

Is there any way to tell that from the letters/numbers on the sticker?

What do the letters/numbers indicate?

My original board was a 2.3 i7.

Is there any what to confirm that from the sticker on the board or prove that it’s not my original board?

⟐ Answer unaccepted августа 18, 2020 at 8:05 GMT-7

Will it work if i just replace the power supply? How do I figure out if anything else was damaged?

⟐ Commented августа 13, 2020 at 4:10 GMT-7

Is it an SMC issue? Do i need to replace the cowling, thermal paste or board? Or should I try reinstalling High Sierra?

I wrote a little batch script that checks the temps every second and outputs it to terminal. On the OSX Server, everything’s chill as usual. But, on High Sierra, the mac boots, temps are around 57 degrees (ok looks fine), then they ramp up 0.1-0.2 degrees every second until it hits around 76. Stays there for a minute, fans roar. Temps go down, fans ok. But there’s not a single process using much CPU and the activity monitor pins the CPU at 90%. I will try resetting the SMC, NVRAM etc. and if that does not work, try reinstalling the High Sierra install. But will have to back everything up first.

Again, i don’t think a melted cowling should cause these kind of issues. But I could be very wrong.

I had an emergency and wasn’t near my system. I took a screenshot about every minute. The die does seem to get HOT. Maybe thermal paste? But it also only happens starting 30s after it logs in, and then a few mins later it seems like nothing happened… Will definitely reinstall macOS High Sierra because that just isn’t right.

The images:

Melting

10:25:54

10:26:55

10:28:20

10:28:34

10:29:07

⟐ Answer accepted июля 31, 2020 at 9:29 GMT-7

thanks!

⟐ Commented июля 31, 2020 at 3:03 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted июля 31, 2020 at 1:15 GMT-7

The fan is running at over 6500 RPM (more than max), and Macs Fan Control and TG Pro cannot slow it down.

Neither program reports any sensors running above normal, they are all below, and because the fan is so fast, the mac is quite cool, but loud. I have reset the SMC, and even tried to re-touch the solder joints on the fan connector, not knowing what the previous owner did.

He had a 1TB 7200 drive in it, not original Apple, and I took it out, and installed an SSD, which did not change the fan speed. The fan runs at full blast from the moment the power button is pressed.

Any ideas anyone? Any components I can check? I’ve heard something about adding a diode, but can’t find any info on it.

⟐ Answered июля 23, 2020 at 16:46 GMT-7

I got a new Mac Mini 2020 (i7, 8GB RAM, 2TB Storage) and tried to upgrade the RAM to max it out.

First I tried HyperX Impact DDR4 2666 MHz 32GB x2, but the Mac won’t boot. The light turned on but nothing on the screen. After a short while the fan suddenly went up to make a big noise very shortly, and then the noise and the light went out.

I then tried Corsair DDR4 2666 MHz 32GB x2, still the same problem.

I tried these SO-DIMMs in another laptop and turned out the SO-DIMMs themselves were all fine.

But if I put the original 4GB x2 back into the system, the Mac can boot and enter the system without any problems at all.

Does anyone have any thought on this issue?

Thank you a lot!

⟐ Answer edited июля 18, 2020 at 5:48 GMT-7

¿Pueden ayudarme con este problema?

Gracias.

Airdrop doesn't work between mac mini late 2014 and iPhone 7plus why?

My Mac Mini Late 2014 and my iPhone 7plus can't find each other using airdrop, I use MacOS Sierra 10.12.4 and iOS 13.5.1.

Can you help me with this problem?

Thank you.

⟐ Answer edited июля 16, 2020 at 8:43 GMT-7

⟐ Commented июля 14, 2020 at 5:27 GMT-7

⟐ Answer edited июля 11, 2020 at 5:15 GMT-7

I have a late 2012 mac mini 2.3 which is currently running the original 1 tb hard drive. I am looking at ssd upgrades to breathe some life back into it. I am wondering if the ssd kits that iFixit sells come with the drive formatted for Apple or Windows. Will I need to format it at all before installation?

Thank you all for your time,

Isaac

⟐ Answer edited июня 11, 2020 at 15:06 GMT-7

It makes much more sense to upgrade the RAM by myself, but I want to make sure that using the 2018 RAM upgrade guide will yield the same results for the 2020 machine.

Any guidance would be super helpful. Thanks.

⟐ Answer accepted мая 29, 2020 at 9:08 GMT-7

⟐ Answer edited мая 25, 2020 at 11:48 GMT-7

Installed it step by step, without any problems.

The computer starts and works perfectly for about 25-45 min, then the screen turns black and sometime restarts the computer, and sometimes I need to restar manualy the computer to start working again…

this is the memory I bought

Memory Maxxer RAM Upgrade Kit Compatible with Mac Mini Late 2018-16 GB

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084D5...

for my mac :

Mac mini (2018) 3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5

⟐ Commented мая 21, 2020 at 12:51 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted мая 20, 2020 at 14:30 GMT-7