Introdução
Use this guide to replace the hard drive in your hard-drive-only or Fusion Drive Mac mini Late 2014.
This guide was made with a Fusion Drive Mac mini. If your Mac mini only has a hard drive, skip the steps about the PCIe SSD and its connector.
If you're trying to add a SATA drive to a Mac mini that didn't originally have one, you'll need additional components, such as the 821-1501-A. This part is called the "upper cable" and has one of the corners cut off. Don't buy the 821-1500-A part for the 2014 model.
O que você precisa
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The bottom cover is clipped onto three screw posts.
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Pry near, but not right on the screw posts.
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Remove the following TR6 screws from the antenna plate:
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Three 4.1 mm screws
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Three 1.9 mm screws
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Remove the two 12 mm T6 screws from the fan.
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Loosen the 27 mm T6 captive screw–it will get removed with the fan assembly.
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Remove the 2.6 mm T6 screw securing the SATA cable connector bracket.
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Insert the Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool into the two holes highlighted in red. Be sure the rods make contact with the case under the logic board before proceeding.
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Use tweezers or your fingers to pull the clip away from the AC-in socket, and remove it from the Mac mini.
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Remove the four (two on each side) 6.5 mm T8 screws securing the hard drive to the drive tray.
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Lift up the ribbon cable and carefully peel away the black tape underneath. It secures the SATA cable connector to the PCB of the hard drive. Failing to remove the tape will almost surely cause the contacts soldered to the flex cable to rip from the connector housing, as the retention force of the contacts in the housing is quite low.
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Pull the SATA cable connector straight out of the hard drive.
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Carefully peel off the two black, square-shaped sticky pads (one visible in picture) from the corners of the hard drive, and stick them to your new hard drive in the same locations.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Hello, the following hard drive goes on the Mac Mini ??
no problem. but if you can get a evo 850 or a pro for the 2014 is better
All in all, this was a fairly terrifying process, however this guide was a massive help! Thankyou!!
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Ordered kit which arrived very quickly from Germany to UK. Only problem with taking it apart was with the IR sensor was difficult to lift up and I ended up pulling the whole fitting off glued it back on but now have no working IR sensor or front light but everything else works fine. Swapped SLOW HDD for SSD and now my Mac MIni is flying.
