Deep Dive

Check

Result

Action

Code

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Disconnect hard drive and

Yes

Go to Fan Failures/Thermal

 

 

optical drive (or second hard

 

issues symptom flow.

 

 

drive) cables from logic board,

 

 

 

 

No

Go to step 2

 

 

and startup computer to

 

 

 

 

 

 

determine if noise is caused by

 

 

 

 

the computer fan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

If an optical drive is present,

Yes

Go to Optical Drive Noisy

 

 

reconnect optical drive cable to

 

symptom flow.

 

 

logic board, insert the Mac mini

 

 

 

 

No

Go to step 3

 

 

Install DVD in optical drive and

 

 

 

 

 

 

startup computer to verify if

 

 

 

 

noise is caused by optical drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Reconnect hard drive cable

Yes

Go to step 4

 

 

on logic board and boot from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

original Mac mini Install DVD

No

Go to Drive not recognized/

 

 

inserted in internal optical

 

mount symptom flow.

 

 

drive (or in the optical drive

 

 

 

 

of another computer setup in

 

 

 

 

Target Disk Mode) or from an

 

 

 

 

external drive with Mac OS

 

 

 

10.6.3and run Disk Utility. Verify that user hard drive is available for Disk Utility to repair.

4.

Run Disk Utility ‘Repair Disk’

Yes

Go to step 5

 

function and verify that it

 

 

 

No

Go to step 6

 

completes successfully.

 

 

 

 

5.

Re-start the computer. Verify

Yes

Go to step 6

 

whether the noise is still

 

 

 

No

Data error issue resolved by

 

present.

 

 

Disk Utility. Return system to

 

 

 

 

 

 

user.

 

 

 

6. Erase disk and reinstall Mac OS

Yes

Replace hard drive. Go to

 

using original Mac mini Install

 

step 7.

 

DVD. Verify whether the noise is

 

 

 

No

Data error issue resolved by

 

still present.

 

 

Disk Utility. Return system to

 

Note: Make sure data has been

 

 

 

user.

 

backed up before erasing hard

 

 

 

 

 

drive.

 

 

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