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7.With replacement hard drive installed verify whether noise level is noticeably quieter than customer’s hard drive.

Yes

Customer‘s drive appears

H06

 

noisy: Replace customer’s

 

 

hard drive and return system

 

 

to customer.

 

 

 

 

No

Customer hard drive noise

 

 

level is similar to a known-

 

 

good one and does not

 

 

require repair. Reinstall user’s

 

 

hard drive and return system

 

 

to customer.

 

 

 

 

Uncategorized Symptom- Hard Drive

Quick Check

Symptoms

Quick Check

 

 

 

Uncategorized Symptom

1.

Run latest available service utilities to check for

• Unable to locate appropriate

 

presence of both SATA devices communicating

symptom

 

with the logic board.

 

 

 

1.

Try starting the system with the “D” key held

 

 

down on keyboard to check if Apple Hardware

 

 

Test is present on hard drive and does boot.

 

2.

Try starting the system with the “D” key held

 

 

down on keyboard while the Mac mini Install

 

 

DVD is inserted in the internal optical drive (or

 

 

in the optical drive of another computer setup

 

 

in Target Disk Mode), to run the Apple Hardware

 

 

Test from Install DVD.

 

3.

Remove SDRAM and install Known Good SDRAM

 

 

and start system. This will verify the SDRAM is not

 

 

the cause of a startup issue.

 

4.

Set up Mac mini to test in FireWire Target Disk

 

 

Mode, and connect it to another known-good

 

 

computer with Mac OS 10.6.3 to run Disk Utility

 

 

and repair directory structure.

 

5.

Setup another similar computer in FireWire Target

 

 

Disk Mode, and boot Mac mini from its drive (or

 

 

from an external FireWire drive with compatible

 

 

Mac OS 10.6.3) to run Disk Utility and verify the

 

 

Mac mini hard drive SMART status and repair

 

 

directory structure.

 

 

 

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Mac mini specifications

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