Bill, I just went through the steps in #1 below, on my older Mini’s 2009 and 2011 it’s not ear this complicated, in fact I’ve done all of them without using the U shaped tool to move the motherboard…it’s just not easy…in all cases I remove the fan, and then remove the drive below the fan…it’s really a bear to get out without moving everything forward but I didn’t have to take everything out of the case as in the instructions…possibly the 2014 Mini is different.
The one mistake I made, the heat wrap around the old drive with the heat sync cable that goes onto the motherboard I didn’t put back on the SSD, and that made the fans run wide open so I had to take back out and wrap the SSD just to add the connection for the fans… John > On Nov 27, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I finally got sick of my 2014 mac mini and its abhorrently slow performance > (likely due to the crappy stock 5400rpm stack of spinning rust). So... I'm > getting and SSD to replace the internal drive. > > When looking on iFixit for the repair instructions [1], I saw that iFixit > says that I should get a Mac Mini Logic Board Removal Tool [2]. This looks > like something that old coat hangers are made for... but just in case, does > anyone have a feeling about the true necessity of such a device? > > Bill > > [1] They are very long, so it'll be a nice evening project > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ifixit.com_Guide_Mac-2BMini-2BLate-2B2014-2BHard-2BDrive-2BReplacement_32815&d=DwIFAg&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=Hb37skIAuEUTr_eV5paI48vLvh6mKacN3ssT30fuJys&s=NlsktXVrehijJszIoGJjZCwuOQdUVqG32Vir5HDH8s0&e= > > [2] > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ifixit.com_Store_Tools_Mac-2DMini-2DLogic-2DBoard-2DRemoval-2DTool_IF145-2D159-2D1&d=DwIFAg&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=Hb37skIAuEUTr_eV5paI48vLvh6mKacN3ssT30fuJys&s=Qr6wYK46uZfvdwcORX9NnyRFwaNTbVN-qy_WnnbTQHY&e= > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=OuM7yzArySVKyEhUT8RyEDVxRZcqLYo0nEtyY2CZJCQ&s=oxXRk4PvXASVwy0lSNtprmIWKOZfLnb6bhXqfuYlB5Q&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
