loose wire floating around - can I post a pic?
I replaced my hard drive. But I have a loose wire floating around. I took a picture but it doesn't look like I can post it here. I can boot up the computer but it doesn't find the new disk i installed - so i'm thinking that my loose wire is to blame.
The wire in question is connected via a connector to the board- but the other end has a small circuit board on it and is floating around. It looks identical to one that is attached (just glued?) to the hard disk connector. it looks easy enough to replace - if I knew what it was supposed to be attached to. Just need to know what part to buy. :-)
For reference, I bought this computer from someone who had already taken in apart once - so I can't be sure the wires were intact when i took it apart. I can easily point out what I'm talking about with a picture.
The directions on this site were awesome! Very easy - only problem is that damned wire!
Ist dies eine gute Frage?
3,4 Tsd. 
1,1 Tsd. 
2,6 Tsd. 
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PS; It doesn't really matter but my mini is the one WITH the optical drive.
von Joel Lirot
You're absolutely right. I'm sure it's a temp sensor. That makes sense. The HD I bought is a: 1.0TB Hitachi Travelstar 7200RPM OEM
Specs are 6Gb/s SATA.
I think it should work.
When I put in the disk to reload the OS everything goes fine until I get to the section that asks which drive I would like to install onto - there are no drives listed.
Guess I'll tear it apart again and check all of the connections - and glue the temp sensor back on..
von Joel Lirot
PS: From what I can see I think I have a mid 2010 (last model to have an optical drive). Looks to be a: Mac mini "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 (Mid-2010)
Does this mean my sexy new $130 drive won't work...
von Joel Lirot