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⟐ Answer accepted luglio 17, 2025 at 0:00 GMT-7

vorrei sapere se esiste il kit per l'installazione di un HD SSD aggiuntivo per questo modello; ho visto che per il modello 2011 esiste.

Grazie

⟐ Answered gennaio 22, 2024 at 20:00 GMT-7

⟐ Answer edited ottobre 09, 2023 at 19:51 GMT-7

⟐ Answered gennaio 26, 2023 at 20:09 GMT-7

⟐ Answered ottobre 25, 2022 at 2:10 GMT-7

⟐ Answered aprile 10, 2022 at 13:05 GMT-7

Devo sostituire la motherboard o c’è un circuito dedicato?

Grazie,

Tristano

⟐ Answer accepted gennaio 31, 2021 at 4:58 GMT-7

mi chiamo ilario e abito in provincia di Lodi ho acquistato un mac mini mid 2010 e installato Mac OSX High Sierra ho riscontrato che il lettore di schede SD non riconosce le schede inserite. ho provato a eseguire i reset Pram ed a utilizzare utility disco ma no n è servito a risolvere questo problema. avete suggerimenti? è possibile riparare la logic board in tal senso? grazie del vs supporto un saluto ilario

⟐ Answered gennaio 30, 2021 at 15:19 GMT-7

La mia domanda quindi è quasi retorica.

Esiste la possibilità di fare l’incremento di memoria anche rivolgendosi a qualche centro assistenza?

Vi ringrazio e saluto

Io alludevo all'incremento della memoria di sistema del MAC MINI 2014.

⟐ Answer accepted settembre 06, 2020 at 14:53 GMT-7

ho un problema. Ho un mac mini late 2014 ed ho installato un ssd.

Fin’ora l’ho usato solo per navigare e vedere qualcosa e non ho mai avuto problemi.

Adesso invece, dato che lo sto utilizzando in maniera più intensiva, ho notato che la ventola rimane fissa a 1800rpm (tramite istat).

È andato in crash un paio di volte per la temperatura troppo elevata, probabilmente colpa di Plex Media Server che con il transcoding sollecita molto la CPU.

Potete darmi qualche consiglio su come muovermi per capire meglio come ovviare a questo problema?

Grazie a tutti.

⟐ Answer accepted gennaio 25, 2020 at 7:38 GMT-7

⟐ Answered maggio 20, 2018 at 1:59 GMT-7

⟐ Answered maggio 15, 2018 at 23:43 GMT-7

Procederò ad installare il SSD sull'alloggiamento superiore, tenendo così i due dischi in linea, senza rimuovere quello vecchio.

Sono però rimasto sorpreso della scoperta e non vorrei trovarmi di fronte a cose inaspettate. Avete una qualche idea del perché quel HDD si trovi in quella posizione?

Grazie

Adriano

⟐ Answer accepted marzo 19, 2018 at 4:21 GMT-7

La domanda vera e propria sarebbe, quale KIT dovrei acquistare? non sono pratico e non ci capisco molto ed ho paura di acquistare quello sbagliato, con questo eventuale Kit potrei aggiungere a piacere sia un SSD o un HD meccanico giusto?

Grazie mille!!!!!

⟐ Answer accepted agosto 09, 2017 at 13:19 GMT-7

Una volta rimontato il mac non da più segni di vita. La ventola gira piano per 1 secondo e poi si ferma.

Qualcuno mi saprebbe aiutare?

Grazie

⟐ Commented agosto 07, 2017 at 9:14 GMT-7

⟐ Answer edited maggio 26, 2026 at 9:16 GMT-7

As a disclaimer, I know this may be a hardware issue and that is why I am here. I have already taken it to Apple and they had no luck, telling me it needs a logic board replacement. It wasn't worth the money so this has turned into just a slow learning project that I've been chipping away at as a hobby.

I have tried to restore it with Apple Configurator and another MacBook, but after putting it into DFU mode and waiting for it to restore, it fails with this error (4014)

Unexpected device state 'DFU' expected 'RestoreOS' (Probably forced into DFU mode externally)

AC recognizes the Mac Mini, and the restore works up until Step 4/4, "Installing System", where it pauses halfway and then gives that error.

At that point I can see via the status light on the Mac Mini that it goes from a normal boot (white) to DFU mode again (solid amber) randomly, and AC sort of flickers at this point as well and then complains about the Mac Mini being in DFU (instead of RestoreOS).

I guess this could be something fried on the board, but I wouldn't know where to start because the only apparent issue being that it just randomly dips out of RestoreOS and back to DFU is very odd.

I've heard this error (4014) can be a faulty cable, but I've tried a lot of different ones, including a genuine Apple USB-C cable. I may buy a brand new one and try again.

Do you know of any software or hardware issues this could be? It seems like a simple issue but with no real rhyme or reason to it. Even if you just have a hunch, any tips on where I should look next would be greatly appreciated.

⟐ Answer accepted maggio 18, 2026 at 15:16 GMT-7

Somehow I completely forgot that Apple ever made a discrete GPU Mac mini. Having realized that, I looked up GPU benchmarks and found that the 6630m GPU is kind of decent. Many times mower powerful than the 320m that came before it, or the Intel HD 4000 that came after it. Based on benchmarking the 6630m vs the minimum GPU system requirements for GTA4, I should be able to play that game on it too!

Those are the specs. Now here's the reality. The mini's GPU runs really good for half a minute or so? Then the fan in the mini maxes out, and the GPU throttles so bad, the framerate tanks. IN FACT, its so bad, that I had to dial back the graphics settings in GTA San Andreas to MATCH what I play on the nVidia 320m!!! So on a Mac with over 3x the GPU performance, I'm effectively getting the exact same amount of real-world performance.

My first thought was, Windows 10 must be broken, I should revert to Windows 7!
But after continued use, I'm not sure that's the issue. The second most obvious problem might be bad thermal paste? I know that replacing thermal paste on Macs is all the rage these days, but its not usually as effective as "reddit" would make it seem. But that said, I am in a case where I'm trying to max this machine out. So maybe its worth while to pop off the heat sink, clean it all down, and put some fresh paste on it? If I do go this route, is it worth buying some fancy kind of paste, or will any new, unopened paste be fine?

Any other thoughts on what might be going on? I would be very happy if I could use this mini to play GTA:SA at full native 1080p, and if I could play GTA4 at any decent, playable graphics level.

⟐ Commented aprile 28, 2026 at 5:04 GMT-7

I have just replaced the internal HDD of my Mac Mini with a Crucial MX500 SSD, in the process of moving the logic board I pulled it out too far which disconnected the wires from inside the logic board connector of what I believe is the optical drive sensor. I have inserted the wires back into the connector but even so I’m having an issue with the fans on full speed.

As others have recommended, I am using the app SSD Fan Control but became perplexed as to why it wasn’t doing anything when I set it to Auto or S.M.A.R.T.

Only when I set the optical drive setting to manual did it stop the fans from spinning on max.

I’m guessing this means the optical drive thermal sensor is broken.

I taped the HDD thermal sensor to the new SSD, similar to how it was on the original.

The app is set to SMART on the left half (hard disk) and manual (2500 RPM) on the right side (optical drive). Does this mean the fans are still working automatically based off of the data from the thermal sensor on the HDD, just not on the sensors on the optical drive? The optical drive on this Mac is never used, so could I feasibly continue to use the Mac as normal and won’t have to worry about overheating so as long as the optical drive isn’t used? The reason I believe the HDD thermal sensor is working is because the measured data on the app fluctuates a little (RPM and degrees) so I think it’s reading some sort of data.

Separate to this, does this app work in the background? When I close it, it doesn’t show anything in Activity Monitor that I can see, so will it still read the sensor data and adjust the fans accordingly? I’ve set it to open upon logging in via System Preferences, Users, Login Items.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

⟐ Commented febbraio 20, 2026 at 5:33 GMT-7