Mac mini (late 2014) does not boot, only turn on white led in the front, no chime

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Mac mini (late 2014) does not boot, only turn on white led in the front, no chime

The last week I was updating my Mac mini with a system software update, don't remember what was it for, and at some point there was a power cut before the update finished. After that, when I turn on the Mac mini, it turns on the white led, but there is no chime and there is no signal in the monitor. I have an Apple wired keyboard and a Black Mamba wired optical mouse, please help!, any suggestion will be appreciated.

Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Sep 7, 2018 12:07 PM

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John Lockwood

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Sep 11, 2018 7:02 AM in response to blastermaster8b

You could reset the PRAM aka NVRAM as follows - Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

You could also try rebooting from the Recovery Partition and reinstalling the operating system without erasing the drive.

See - About macOS Recovery - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Sep 7, 2018 12:09 PM in response to blastermaster8b

See if resetting the SMC helps > How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

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Sep 13, 2018 6:46 PM in response to John Lockwood

Hi, I did try to reset the NVRAM by following the directions and the problem persist, also tried to enter Recovery mode by pressing Cmd-R and the other key combinations, I tried 5 times each key combination but the problem still persist. Sorry if I didn't mention before that the keyboard caps-lock does not turn green when pressed and the optical mouse also does not turn any light on, it seems that they does not get power.

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Sep 8, 2018 6:25 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Hi, I tried this solution step by step like 20 times or so, and it does not fix the problem, still the same issue, Any other idea?

Thanks.

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Mac mini (late 2014) does not boot, only turn on white led in the front, no chime

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