However, the Mac I picked is pretty old, but it was also on the shelf with a good config (2.3 Quad i7/16GB/240GB SSD) so I went with this for testing and potentially the final "server" I setup for a while. I'm thinking of transitioning the server setup to a M1 Mini with 16GB/1TB in the future due to how old this Mini is, and the OS maxing at Catalina.

Is there any reason to do this with a M1, or should an old 2012 Mini be plenty?

⟐ Commented 2月 03, 2024 at 2:07 GMT-7

I have question about a Mac Mini which I recently got from a friend.

As I turn the Mac on the boot sound chims and the fans as well as the CD Drive turns on. But whatever I try, I can’t get any video signal out of it. I tried different Cables (I even used different mini Displayport to HDMI adapters) and also tried to use my TV as a screen. None of it worked.

Any idea what I can do to still use this old piece of hardware?

Best regards

Valentin

⟐ Commented 12月 18, 2023 at 12:57 GMT-7

any help wold be greatly appreciated

thanks

Leigh

⟐ Commented 11月 16, 2023 at 9:31 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted 3月 07, 2023 at 16:52 GMT-7

Macs Fan Control app shows 0 rpm current indicating that fan isn’t running.

Fan connector was a bugger to get reconnected; connector kept popping back out.

I opened up Mini again to confirm that it hadn’t popped out and it’s still plugged in.

Fan was working fine before removing and reinstalling.

What can I do to get it working again?

https://dstall.com/PIX/MacMiniFanLogicBo...

https://dstall.com/PIX/MacMiniFanConnect...

https://dstall.com/PIX/MacMiniFan.jpg

Why isn't fan running?

I've set Auto Boost rules to Always 20%, but still 0 rpm.

https://dstall.com/PIX/TGPro.jpg

https://dstall.com/PIX/TGProAutoBoostRul...

How do I get fan to run using TGPro?

I've opened bunch of Safari tabs to get temp to shoot up, but fan never runs.

Have also gotten push notices to quit apps or increase fan speeds but I don't know how to do that.

Have set Auto Boost Rule to run Always at 20% but fan never runs - always 0 rpm.

See -

https://dstall.com/PIX/TGProPushNotice.j...

⟐ Answer edited 2月 14, 2023 at 5:37 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 1月 08, 2023 at 11:46 GMT-7

Hope you are fine.

Please, check this video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VAdzQVJH6...

I want to setup my Mac Mini in vertical position. There are three options: (1) wires at the left and Apple logo turned 90 degrees to the left, (2) wires at the top and logo in standard position and (3) wires at the right and logo 90 degrees to the right.

For positions (2) and (3) everything works fine. However, when using position (1) I started to hear a metallic weird noise. My first thought was it is the fan but to my surprise it was not: removed the fan and still the noise, I figured out it is the heatsink: if I remove it, there is no noise.

The heatsink itself looks to me as a really solid and compact piece, I don't see where the noise could be coming from. I cleaned and removed everything that can be cleaned and removed, but still getting the noise.

Any thoughts or help? I can quickly share a video if needed.

Thank you very much for your help. I am going nuts.

⟐ Commented 12月 27, 2022 at 20:26 GMT-7

Anny video or pictures guide?

Adrian

⟐ Answer accepted 12月 10, 2022 at 10:13 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 11月 30, 2022 at 6:57 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 11月 02, 2022 at 8:21 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 10月 04, 2022 at 15:16 GMT-7

Could see the new ram cards displayed in the about this Mac section, so I thought everything was great.

However, I’ve been experiencing persistent system crashes and forced reboots, which usually result in a boot loop that doesn’t resolve itself. I’ve tried booting in various modes. Resetting PRAM. All the usual steps for a Mac with booting issues. There is a noticeable “whooshing” noise associated with these crashes and boot loops when the system tries to reset. In my standard workflow, the system would freeze and then reboot into an endless loop. It’s intermittently happening, and I unplug all cables and wait for the unibody to cool down. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. The only thing I haven’t done is reinstall the stock ram cards.

Could this be a symptom of the system overheating? I may look into additional cooling options, but all my research told me these ram cards were compatible with my Mac and now i’m over here scratching my head after a purchase that I thought would improve my workflow. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

⟐ Edited 11月 16, 2021 at 6:08 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 10月 12, 2021 at 9:43 GMT-7

⟐ Answer edited 12月 01, 2020 at 17:04 GMT-7

Is it technically possible or is there something that would prevent such swap from working?

⟐ Commented 11月 19, 2020 at 13:39 GMT-7

I checked the Sound in System Preferences and the Output was set correctly to Internal Speakers. Also, mute is NOT checked.

I did the PRAM and SMC reset and used Apple Diagnostics to see if there were any issues with any of the components inside the computer - there were none.

The OS is updated to Catalina.

And lastly, I replaced the original hard drive with a Western Digital 500GB WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD which Amazon says is Mac compatible.

I took the computer apart and went through the steps a second time and still got the same results of no sound. Is it possible that I missed connecting a cable or perhaps damaged a component?

Thanks!

⟐ Commented 10月 02, 2020 at 12:14 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 8月 23, 2020 at 14:23 GMT-7

I have upgraded my newly purchased Mini to 16GB of memory. This is the memory I purchased:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071...

Unfortunately my Mini doesn’t seem to boot now :( The LED turns on, but no display is output. Furthermore, after a minute or two I can hear the fans restart and the LED goes off and on so presumably the mini is constantly rebooting.

Firstly, the above memory should be compatible, shouldn’t it? Secondly, does anybody know what I possibly could have done wrong? I’ve no idea what has happened as I thought the upgrade went OK. Is this symptomatic of me forgetting to plug anything back in, for example?

Very sad about this :(

Thanks for any help!

⟐ Answer accepted 7月 16, 2020 at 5:47 GMT-7

And when plugged in, my mac (2018 Mac Mini with upto date OS) it just won’t start. With verbose mode, no text appears on screen: just the apple logo.

Note: macOS boots from the internal SSD, this external SSD is just a plain storage unit.

What I’ve tried :

• Some have speculated it could be related to the eGPU, but unplugging the eGPU doesn’t solve anything.
• I tried removing the T2 security “Boot from SSD” - no change
• I’ve checked the boot order, it’s set to the internal SDD
• I have 3 HDD on the USB ports that work just fine

So far, the only solution is to unplug the SDD, and plug it back (which is not really a solution, is it ?)

⟐ Commented 6月 25, 2020 at 9:09 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 5月 27, 2020 at 20:45 GMT-7