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Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor
Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor
Tools used in this guide
2mm Hex Screwdriver
Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool
Spudger
T6 Torx Screwdriver
T8 Torx Screwdriver
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  • Page 1 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Tools used in this guide 2mm Hex Screwdriver Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool Spudger T6 Torx Screwdriver T8 Torx Screwdriver © 2010 iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA www.iFixit.com...

  • Page 2: Step 1 - Bottom Cover

    Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 1 - Bottom Cover Place your thumbs in the depressions cut into the bottom cover. Rotate the bottom cover counter-clockwise until the white dot painted on the bottom cover is aligned with the ring inscribed on the outer case.
  • Page 3 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 3 - Fan Remove the two 11.3 mm T6 Torx screws securing the fan to the logic board near the antenna plate. Step 4 Lift the ear of the fan nearest the RAM up off the standoff secured to the outer case.
  • Page 4 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 6 - Cowling Remove the single 3.5 mm T6 Torx screw securing the cowling to the heat sink. Step 7 Lift the cowling from the end nearest the antenna plate. Rotate the cowling away from the outer case and remove it from the mini.
  • Page 5 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 9 Slightly lift the antenna plate from the end closest to the RAM. Carefully pull the antenna plate straight away from the circular rim of the outer case. Do not remove the antenna plate yet. It is still attached to the AirPort/ Bluetooth board.

  • Page 6: Step 12 - Logic Board

    Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 11 Remove the antenna plate from the mini. Step 12 - Logic Board Remove the following three screws: One 5.0 mm T8 Torx or 2.0 mm Hex screw (either will work) One 16.2 mm T6 Torx screw One 26 mm T6 Torx standoff ©...
  • Page 7 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 13 Carefully pull the wires for both hard drive thermal sensors upward to lift their connectors up and out of the sockets on the logic board. Step 14 Use the flat end of a spudger to pry both the hard drive and optical drive connectors up out of their sockets on the logic board.
  • Page 8 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 15 To disconnect the optical drive thermal sensor, pinch its cables between your thumb and a spudger and pry the spudger upward to lift the connector up and out of its socket on the logic board.
  • Page 9 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 17 To remove the logic board, two cylindrical rods must be inserted into the holes highlighted in red. Inserting instruments into any logic board holes other than the ones highlighted in red may destroy the logic board.

  • Page 10: Step 21 - Power Supply

    Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 19 Pull the I/O board/logic board assembly out of the outer case enough to access the power connector. Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the power cable from the logic board.
  • Page 11 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 22 Pull the AC-In socket retainer away from the side of the outer case and remove it from the mini. Step 23 Rotate the AC-In connector 90 degrees counter- clockwise. © 2010 iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA www.iFixit.com...

  • Page 12: Step 25 - Optical Drive

    Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 24 Slide the power supply out of the mini, minding any cables that may get caught. Step 25 - Optical Drive Remove the hard drive from the mini, minding any cables that may get caught.

  • Page 13: Step 28 - Ir Sensor

    Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 27 Slide the optical drive out of the outer case, minding any cables that may get caught. Step 28 - IR Sensor Carefully de-route the IR sensor cables from the channel in the optical drive bracket.
  • Page 14 Installing Mac mini Model A1347 IR Sensor Step 30 Remove the IR sensor from the optical drive bracket. Be careful when removing the IR board from the optical drive bracket, as the lower plastic positioning pin has the tendency to get caught on the delicate IR board.

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