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Did it survive?

  • YES!

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • HELL NO!

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • maybe...

    Votes: 1 20.0%

  • Total voters
    5
  • Poll closed .

trainspotta

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Sep 2, 2019
3
0
Ok so this weird thing happened to me: My Mac Mini 2012 power supply kinda exploded...

I needed the Mini on another station for the day so I unplugged it and (perhaps the mistake) took a random power cable.

Connected everything, power on. Switching to the keyboard... BOOM

The power cable actually flew right out the Mini with a spark. The fuses went haywire. The room went dark.

Ok so the good news:
- Nothing else was damaged
- RAM works in another machine
- SSD is fine too
- Nothing on the Board and not even the cable on the back of the ps look fried

Bad news:
- The power plug ... kinda... melted?

How could this happen?
What do you think? Has is it survived?

I already ordered a new ps.

Guessing game: DID THE MAC SURVIVE?

Is there any kind of proctection in the ps?

Thanks guys!
 
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trainspotta

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Sep 2, 2019
3
0
Yeah I got the ACMT and know how to / am allowed to fix it. I just never experienced something like this!
 

Fishrrman

macrumors Penryn
Feb 20, 2009
29,175
13,223
The power supply is gone, of course.
Probably took the motherboard with it.

MIght be time to start considering a replacement.
 
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