Mac Mini died

When you try to turn it on, does any sound come from it? Do any lights blink on the front?

any way you can find someone with another mac mini and try swapping the big white power supply? Maybe head to an Apple store and try one?

If it's not the power supply, then I'd be worried.

You're looking at logicboard failure then. I'm not sure what all is in/on the mini's logicboard, but you may find some information on ifixit.com.

On the MacBooks, there is a DC-in board that controls power from the battery and/or power adapter that is being supplied to the computer. If the mini has one of these as well, this part may be what's dead on your computer.

Unfortunately, iFixit is down right now, so I can't look into this further!
I'll try to check later, but you should also take a look and see if you can find anything.

~Lyssa

prophetsearcher,


Sadly I think you are also dealing with a dead logicboard(motherboard).

People have suggested all the things I would have suggested. These like the Macbooks are 'everything' on one board designs.

I don't think this will help, but try resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

Resetting the SMC for Mac Pro, Intel-based iMac, Intel-based Mac mini, or Intel-based Xserve

(in your case you would be starting at step #2)

1. Shut down the computer.
2. Unplug the computer's power cord.
3. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds.
4. Release the power button.
5. Attach the computers power cable.
6. Press the power button to turn on the computer.

The above steps came from this web page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

DO NOT try resetting the PRAM on an intel based apple (this per Apple themselves)

Probably funeral......logic boards for the mini for some reason are expensive.

I'd be guessing a component that wasn't up to spec and it died prematurely.

send me and email at markw@wrightexposure.com if you don't mind.

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This thread gives some ideas about how small, but important parts can be destroyed by jolts of power, for example the PMU reset being improperly applied to an Intel Mini (which gets the SMC reset instead):

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9524465#9524465

Not necessarily relevant to your logic board death, but food for thought.