Mac mini late 2012 won’t power on, white led stays off
I have a Mac mini that won’t power on, when I press the power button I don’t get anything, even the white led stays off. I have taken it apart and tested the power supply with a multimeter and found that it outputs the correct voltage, so guessing the power supply is not the issue - and it is more likely the logic board. Is there anything I could check to get more of an idea why it won’t power on? I suspect a full logic board replacement would fix everything, but that repair wouldn’t really be worth it, as the logic board on eBay is around 80% of the price of a whole new Mac mini. Also this is an old computer by now so not really worth spending that money on. Are there any components that commonly break on the logic board that I could check? Could faulty RAM/ other components cause this?
Thanks in advance :)
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@liamriley39469 I would start by unplugging any hard drives or SSDs and only leaving 1 stick of RAM in. If you have known good RAM of the same type, you should swap the RAM in the machine for the new RAM.
da Andrew S
Thanks for that, just tried with no ssd and only one ddr3 stick installed - no luck:( I’m pretty sure that it is the right type as this was working for years beforehand, and it was the recommended upgrade kit for this Mac mini on the crucial website. Also ran it through memtest86 on another system and it passed fine.
da Liam Riley