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Use this guide to repair a power supply with frayed (crumbled insulation) AC-In Socket to Power Supply cable. Use this guide ONLY if you are not able to purchase a new Mac mini A1347 (Mid 2010) Power Supply.
Warning !
- Fixing the power supply requires working with conductors and a PCB that may carry high voltage from AC mains and charged PSU capacitors;
- If the AC wires are not properly insulated, they may short causing an electrical fire.
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Place your thumbs in the depressions cut into the bottom cover.
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Rotate the bottom cover counter-clockwise until the white dot painted on the bottom cover is aligned with the ring inscribed on the outer case.
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Remove the two 11.3 mm T6 Torx screws securing the fan to the logic board near the antenna plate.
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Remove the single 3.5 mm T6 Torx screw securing the cowling to the heat sink.
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Remove the following screws securing the antenna plate to the mini:
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Two 6.6 mm T8 or T9 Torx screws
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Two 5.0 mm T8 Torx or 2.0 mm Hex screws (either will work)
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Remove the following three screws:
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One 5.0 mm T8 Torx or 2.0 mm Hex screw (either will work)
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One 16.2 mm T6 Torx screw
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One 26 mm T6 Torx standoff
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Bu adımda kullanılan alet:Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool$4.99
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Insert a Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool into the two holes highlighted in red. Be sure it makes contact with the outer case below the logic board before proceeding.
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Carefully pull the tool toward the I/O board. The logic board and I/O board assembly should slightly slide out of the outer case.
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Cease prying when the I/O board is visibly separated from the outer case. Remove the Mac mini Logic Board Removal tool.
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Remove the 7.9 mm T6 Torx screw securing the power supply and optical drive to the outer case.
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While opening a Mac Mini 2010 I discovered that the insulation on the short wires connecting the AC-In socket to the power supply was cracked. The "twist" operation to remove the AC-In socket from the case caused the wire insulation to crumble to small pieces. In the end, all the insulation fell off, the wires remained completely bare.
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Mare sure the Power Supply is not connected to mains AC power while working on it.
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Discharge the Power Supply before touching the wires by pushing the power button while the AC cable is unplugged then shorting the AC terminals in the plug with a screwdriver.
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Follow the Mac mini Mid 2010 Power Supply Replacement guide to get to this point.
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As the power supply case is made of glued thin plastic I used a flush cutter and a hobby knife to slice back the edges of the case about one inch, in order to get access to the PCB.
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Peel up all the layers and prop them up (I used a toothpick). De-solder the two wire terminals - you will have to slightly pull down on the wire while melting the solder.
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The AC wires actually have a crimped pin-plug on the end. You will have to use flux and soldering wick to clean as much solder from the so they fit back nicely in the original PCB holes.
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After the solder blobs on the pins are removed, insert two pieces of heat-shrink tubing over the wires and hear them with a lighter/match/candle/hot air gun.
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Also use soldering wick to clean the two holes in the PCB for easier reassembly.
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Solder the now-insulated wires back into their original PCB holes.
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Now reassemble the Mac Mini and test it.
Now reassemble the Mac Mini and test it.
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