#2010 mac mini remove hard drive install#
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Down to the screws in the system, the Mac mini is very much a headless notebook: With the motherboard out we can remove its heatsink and get a bit more personal. When youвЂ™ve done that you can pry the HDD out of its resting spot, unplug its cable and replace it. Unfortunately thereвЂ™s no easy way to grab onto the motherboard itself so youвЂ™re better off sticking two thin screwdrivers through the two open holes in the motherboard and using them to pull the board out of the chassis. Remove the fan screws, remove the shroud, remove the heatsink screws and then unscrew everything you see on the motherboard and youвЂ™re half way there.Дisconnect all of the temperature sensors and cable connectors from the back of the board and you can finally slide the board out. The entire system is cooled by a single fan that channels air through a shroud over a heatsink with a pair of heatpipes.

DonвЂ™t forget to disconnect the antenna cable once youвЂ™ve done so. Start by removing the four screws that hold the WiFi antenna in place. To get it out you have to remove the motherboard, which isnвЂ™t hard but definitely not easy. Upgrading the hard drive is much more complicated unfortunately.

#2010 mac mini remove hard drive install#

Replacing memory is as easy as can be on the Mac mini, just remove the cover, pop out the sticks and install new ones. Woefully inadequate for todayвЂ™s workloads, particularly since the mini only comes with a 5400RPM 2.5вЂќ HDD so any swapping to disk is painfully slow. The $699 configuration comes with two 1GB DDR3-1066 sticks. Removing it reveals the only easily user replaceable components in the mini: the DDR3 SO-DIMMs. A counter clock-wise twist (about 1/16th of a rotation) will unlock the cover. The removable cover has two indentions that you put your fingers in. The circular base doubles as an access port to the internals of the mini. Apple has done away with conventional feet and instead the mini rests on a circular pedestal.