( 
)The Apple Mini is the size of a good Dictionary but puts out more power that most of the PC's available today.
Thoughts:
That is because of the Apple's unique mesh or blend of hardware and software. Apple owns the road when it comes to writing MAC OS X so everything has been fine tuned to as near perfection as a computer can be. What Apple did with the Mini was to bring the Apple Experience to the everyday user. Now the cost is attainable to the average "Joe Plumber" struggling to make ends meet. Will Apple continue to build Mini's or are they going to become as long rumored, history. I think Apple will continue to build these little boxes of joy for the masses. Although they probably bring Apple little if any profit, the connection they make with everyday people is invaluable. What Apple Mini owner out there has not longed for an iMac, a MacBook or lest we hope, a MacPro! The real "profit" in the Mini is that owners soon wonder what joy will come from the even Greater Apple Creations. So why spend money on advertising when you can just build an inexpensive version of your product, and wet the masses appetite for more! So the Mini will survive and thrive as the little but Mighty Mini of the Apple Line.
Symptoms:
So this morning you got up, grabbed a cup of java and pushed the power button on your Apple Intel Mini. As you took your seat in the comfy chair, and got another sip of java, you pause. Where is that familiar "tada" sound your Mini makes as it awakes? Then you notice no light on the front LED, and wait, you don't hear the sound of the CD Drive doing it's "check for a disc" thing. How could this be you ask? It was just working last night when I went to bed?
Belive it or not that is how most Apple Intel Mini's fail. They were working fine when they were shut down and then they never come back to life again. Sad as it is they die in thair sleep, that is the way I want to go too. I will give you a few things to check but the best part about an Apple Machine is it either "Works or it Don't", not much in between.
What to Check
Thoughts:
That is because of the Apple's unique mesh or blend of hardware and software. Apple owns the road when it comes to writing MAC OS X so everything has been fine tuned to as near perfection as a computer can be. What Apple did with the Mini was to bring the Apple Experience to the everyday user. Now the cost is attainable to the average "Joe Plumber" struggling to make ends meet. Will Apple continue to build Mini's or are they going to become as long rumored, history. I think Apple will continue to build these little boxes of joy for the masses. Although they probably bring Apple little if any profit, the connection they make with everyday people is invaluable. What Apple Mini owner out there has not longed for an iMac, a MacBook or lest we hope, a MacPro! The real "profit" in the Mini is that owners soon wonder what joy will come from the even Greater Apple Creations. So why spend money on advertising when you can just build an inexpensive version of your product, and wet the masses appetite for more! So the Mini will survive and thrive as the little but Mighty Mini of the Apple Line.
Symptoms:
So this morning you got up, grabbed a cup of java and pushed the power button on your Apple Intel Mini. As you took your seat in the comfy chair, and got another sip of java, you pause. Where is that familiar "tada" sound your Mini makes as it awakes? Then you notice no light on the front LED, and wait, you don't hear the sound of the CD Drive doing it's "check for a disc" thing. How could this be you ask? It was just working last night when I went to bed?
Belive it or not that is how most Apple Intel Mini's fail. They were working fine when they were shut down and then they never come back to life again. Sad as it is they die in thair sleep, that is the way I want to go too. I will give you a few things to check but the best part about an Apple Machine is it either "Works or it Don't", not much in between.
What to Check
- Of course the, "is it pluged in" question?
- Does it have Power on the recepticle?
- Try a lamp to prove that.
- The Power Brick has an OverLoad in it that will automatically reset. So just Unplug the Power Brick from the AC Recepticle and count to 5 slowly. Plug it back into the recepticle. The Power Brick has now been reset.
- Make sure the Power Connector on the Back of the Mini is pushed in all the way, sometimes people hit this when turning the power on.
- Now try the Power Button again, anything?
- Disconnect all Accessories including the KeyBoard and Mouse, even the Network and Monitor. Nothing pluged into the Mini except the Power Cord. Does it still respond like a dead cat? Then this is serious.
- Reset the PMU, Apple has instructions for that on thair website if you do not know how.
- Here is your last chance, try a different PowerBrick, like everyone has a spare laying around. Maybe a friend has one you can borrow? Or you can take it to an Apple Store or Service Retailer who will have one to try.
- None of the above worked? Then you have a bad LogicBoard. I sell them in my AppleCoreOnline Ebay Store.
- Sorry for the bad news but bad Memory, HD or anything else and your Mini would still make some signs of life. It may not boot but it would try. LogicBoards are not repairable and can only be replaced. I carry NEW and USED LogicBoards, Installed or Cash and Carry your choice.
Guide created: 01/17/09 (updated 11/02/09)
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