Mac mini back from the dead!!

[iMav]

So, I have a mid-2011 Mac mini (2.5 GHz Core i5, dual-core) that has been sitting on a shelf for a while. A couple of years ago, it went belly up. I sent it into a place that repairs logic boards, and received it back, fully functional. After about a month, it went belly up again. Sent it back in, and they fixed it again (warranty repair). Then, 3 months later it died again...and so I threw it on the shelf.

Fast forward to today. Read a random thread where someone referenced heating up a logic board in the oven. Considering the fact that the repair company simply did some re-soldering, I figured why not give the oven and try and let all that solder re-flow a bit.

7 minutes in a 350 degree oven. The Mac mini is now ALIVE!! (I'm currently installing Sierra on it)

Hilarious!
 

[dante]

^_^;

[Altis]

Hmm that is interesting.

The 2011 17" MacBook Pro is plagued with logic board issues. There was a lawsuit so Apple would "fix" them until this month, but the fixes would fail too.

I wonder if it's the same thing.

I've been wanting to get a 2011 i7 quad 17" (the last 17" model made) but the logic board failures make it such a risky buy. I'm not sure the screen would do well in the oven, though, so it'd have to be removed.

[reaper]

That is hilarious!  I guess we should count our blessings since my wife's 2009 Mac Mini is still going strong with none of that logic board issue.  **knock on wood**

[davkol]

I had to reflow my thinkpad T40's mobo many times to fix bad soldering on the GPU.

[vivalarevolución]

Check back with us in a couple months.

[rowdy]

I wonder how long it will last this time ...

Typed on my late 2009 Mac mini which has been opened twice, once to upgrade the RAM and once to replace the HDD (for more space, not 'cause the other one failed, which it didn't).

And it just keeps on going

[iLLucionist]

The death of my mother's beloved mac mini was the minute I switched to PC building again. After diagnosing the issue, it was another melted / badly soldered on-board Radeon. Opened the bad boy up, not only is everything soldered (which I already knew), everything has proprietary connectors as well ffs!!!

Build a PC. Dead memory, SSD, gfx, whatever? Change it. Simple as that.

But good to hear it's working fine for you! Just remembered my of my recent crossing.

[romevi]

My 2010 MBP still is running really well.

[Sifo]

but how's the smoke detector

[PollandAkuma]

I just want my laptop to be faster, and not wait for 5 minutes to do work worth 1 minute

[iLLucionist]

My 2010 MBP still is running really well.

I also have a 2010 MBP that is running well. All other Mac devices in the house have issuues, unfortunately.

[PollandAkuma]

My 2010 MBP still is running really well.

I also have a 2010 MBP that is running well. All other Mac devices in the house have issuues, unfortunately.

My Macbook Pro 2011 is still going strong, but man I'd really like something with a higher resolution. And also not freezing and lagging and fanning loudly.... Goddamnit

[tp4tissue]

My 2010 MBP still is running really well.

I also have a 2010 MBP that is running well. All other Mac devices in the house have issuues, unfortunately.

My Macbook Pro 2011 is still going strong, but man I'd really like something with a higher resolution. And also not freezing and lagging and fanning loudly.... Goddamnit

just gotta clean them fans.

[iLLucionist]

My 2010 MBP still is running really well.

I also have a 2010 MBP that is running well. All other Mac devices in the house have issuues, unfortunately.

My Macbook Pro 2011 is still going strong, but man I'd really like something with a higher resolution. And also not freezing and lagging and fanning loudly.... Goddamnit

just gotta clean them fans.

Mac's thermal design is not made to be put under load. There is no single mac that remains silent when doing more intensive CPU load. They are only silent when you browse kittens.

[romevi]

My 2010 MBP still is running really well.

I also have a 2010 MBP that is running well. All other Mac devices in the house have issuues, unfortunately.

My Macbook Pro 2011 is still going strong, but man I'd really like something with a higher resolution. And also not freezing and lagging and fanning loudly.... Goddamnit

just gotta clean them fans.

Mac's thermal design is not made to be put under load. There is no single mac that remains silent when doing more intensive CPU load. They are only silent when you browse kittens.

Or when you're browsing with kittens.

[mousouchop]

My 2010 MBP still is running really well.

I also have a 2010 MBP that is running well. All other Mac devices in the house have issuues, unfortunately.

My Macbook Pro 2011 is still going strong, but man I'd really like something with a higher resolution. And also not freezing and lagging and fanning loudly.... Goddamnit

just gotta clean them fans.

Mac's thermal design is not made to be put under load. There is no single mac that remains silent when doing more intensive CPU load. They are only silent when you browse kittens.

Or when you're browsing with kittens.

I literally read this comment, while browsing (these forums) with my cat in my lap. On my MBA. hah