Comments on: DIY: Replace your intel mac mini’s hard disk drive

By: sole

sole — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:28:01 +0000

Yes, Tom, I’m delighted with the ‘good vibes’ in the above comments. It’s nice to see people sharing their views and solutions in a honest way — just like you did!

Thanks a lot.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:12:56 +0000

Thank you Sole for an excellent tutorial. All these notes are testimonial to a great piece of work. Thank you again.

Just some notes for others having a go-

I too had a bit of a problem getting the new HDD into the chassis due to the sloping problem (it’s a bit thinner than the space).
Fixed this by disconnecting the copper strip that attaches hdd to mother board, flipped the chassis up on its side and pushed it in using the anti-static padding I’d transferred from the old hdd. Solved.

But that caused a second issue – no internal hdd recognised when I booted up again using the external hdd. No bluetooth, no sound. Eek. Have I broken my mini?

Did some searching of soul and internet – and found that my friend the copper cable had not been reattached properly.
It was actually easier to reattach it once the mini was back with the chassis screwed in. The little white line the cable has is still just showing,as before, but reattaching seems to have worked. Just restoring now, 2 hours to go.

Thanks again Sole, and nice too to read a lot of posts that are all positive and polite, even when there’s problems – well done everyone on that!

By: sole

sole — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:36:34 +0000

Great! You’re welcome :)

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:41:23 +0000

I’ve got to say that this is THE BEST tutorial I have come across on the internet concerning Mac Mini disassembly so far

You have helped me a lot in my understanding of the Mac Mini and I just want to say thank you very very very very very much!! =D

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