Re: Apple Mac Mini A1347 Late 2014 completely dead no power



Thank you for the advice. I will keep that in mind.

I forgot to add some additional information for posterity. Based on the markings it appears that the CPU is an SR1ZV Intel Core i5-4278U. It would be interesting to see if anyone else has seen this particular failure as well......

Re: Apple Mac Mini A1347 Late 2014 completely dead no power



Hi Mon2. Thank you for the reply. The owner of this mac mini says that one day it suddenly made a violent "pop" sound and the smell of smoke was immediately present in the room. Ever since that happened the mini has been completely dead.

With some further investigation I ended up taking off the heat sink assembly from the board and found that the CPU/GPU package is noticeably damaged. Specifically the smaller die looks like a broken mirror. At this point I would assume that the violent...

Re: Apple Mac Mini A1347 Late 2014 completely dead no power

I also have a Mac mini A1347 that is stone dead, no power. I am in process of digesting what was discussed in this thread so I can follow along. I am new to mac repair so it would be easier for me to get my bearings if I had the schematics for this model.

Logi.wiki suggests that the schematics for 820-5509-A are available however I could not find them. Could someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance.