Apple Mac mini manual Functional Overview, 2010-08-03

2010-08-03

Mac mini (Mid

Airport/Bluetooth Card :

-cannot enable Bluetooth

-cannot enable AirPort

-kernel panic (when loading wireless driver)

Internal Speaker :

-no internal speaker sound

-distorted sound from internal speaker

Backup Battery (on opposite side of logic board) :

-lost date and time settings

-lost other settings

-no startup/video

Memory Modules:

-no boot

-system freeze or kernel panic

-video artifacts

SATA Hard Drive :

-no HDD visible in profiler

-no boot from internal hard drive

SATA Optical Drive

(or 2nd SATA Hard Drive):

-no ODD visible in profiler

-no boot from optical drive

-media does not insert

-no second HDD visible in profiler

Ambient Thermal sensor :

-fan running fast

-system freezes

-intermittent shutdown

Fan :

-not running or running fast

-system freezes

-intermittent shutdown

ODD Thermal Sensor :

-fan running fast

-slower burning speed

-system freezes

InfraRed Sensor + sleep LED :

-no infrared reception

-no power ON (shorted cable)

-no sleep led status.

Power Supply (on opposite side of logic board):

- no power on

- intermittent shutdown

- fan running fast (power

supply thermal sensor not

Functional Overview

2010) Take Apart — General Troubleshooting 

Heatsink Thermal Sensor :

- fan running fast

-intermittent shutdown

-system freezes

Functional Overview:

Connector locations, and the possible symptoms when cable is disconnected, mis-connected or shorted.

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HD Thermal Sensor :

-fan running fast

-hard drive failure

-system freezes

Power ON button :

(on opposite side of logic board):

-no power on when button is pressed

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