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  1. KayvK

    Mac Mini 2014 appears dead after a hard drive swap. Thoughts?

    I followed step by step an iFixit guide on replacing the Mac's old ass drive. Everything seemed good, except when I turned it on, it wouldn't POST. I heard the fan spinning (and with further testing the old drive spinning), but after 5 seconds it would power off. It would then power on again...
  2. B S Magnet

    Pushing an Early Intel Macs limit: can a mid-2011 Mac mini’s Sandy Bridge CPU be upgraded to a higher spec SB CPU?

    If we’re ever going to bring in slightly newer early Intel Macs, the Sandy Bridge Core iX series — which were sold alongside late C2D Macs — ought to be fair game. :) I’ve spent an unhealthy bit of time poring over the Intel page labelled, “Products formerly Sandy Bridge” and looking over chip...
  3. Conan McLeod

    Problem with Mac Mini A1347 mid 2011

    Hi! I have a model A1347 with a radon hd 6630m 256Mb graphics card. Mojave and Catalina. I tried to enable graphics acceleration through the macOS Catalina Patcher utility, but these cards are not supported. I do not want to sell my favorite Mac! Maybe it’s magical, you can turn on...
  4. hcs-mac

    Mac Mini 2011 Vertial Lines on screen, GPU Issue?

    I recently got my hands on a Mac Mini 2011 off a friend however it seems to be suffering from the dreaded vertical lines. I have looked around however I can't find too much on it, especially blue-ish colored lines. The system will turn on, load with the Apple logo, it gets stuck around 3/4 of...