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Modelo A1347. Lanzado el 23 de octubre de 2012. Procesador Core i5 o Core i7. Apple Fusion Drive.

Mac Mini not booting, white led blinks, fan spins briefly, no chime

I'm having an issue with this model (intel i5, 4GB DDR3 ram), where it starts up, white led turns on for a while, fan spins up briefly but the mac mini does not turn on. This process repeats forever.

I've removed the power supply and I'm measuring the voltage. With no load, they all read 11.88V (any of the right pins with any of the left pins). Then I press the switch on button, all pins go down a little (like 11.82V) but the rightmost left pin + any of the right pins read ~9.22 for one second, they go up to 11.88V, then down again, then up and down, etc.

In a picture I've found on the internet, this "rightmost left pin" is marked as ground.

The point is: is this behavior right? Should the ground pin have 12V, 0V, or what?

Ps.: I'm from Brazil and English is not my first language.

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Red: negative pins
yellow: neutral (? maybe not) pin
blue: positive

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PSU details

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Model details

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Voltage reading between any one positive and one negative pin

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Voltage between neutral and any positive pin when computer is trying to boot up. The reading fluctuates between 11.8V and 9.2V consistently - i.e., when trying to boot up voltage goes down, fan spins briefly, stop, voltage goes up, rinse and repeat

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Reading between any negative pin and neutral pin when the process described above is happening. Voltage goes from zero to 2.5V at the same time the above process is going from 11.8V to 9.2V

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Demonstration of how I'm measuring things. In this example, one negative pin (black probe, left), one positive pin (red probe, right)

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mobo for reference (side 1)

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mobo for reference (side 2)

Extra information: all tests were done with RAM installed and with no RAM installed, same results. Also, sometimes, for no clear reason (at least to me), after probing the mobo randomly with my multimeter (hoping some fairy could tell me what's wrong :-D ), the mini boots up - I hear the chime. But after turning it off and then on again, the miracle stops working.

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I spun your issue into its own question as this sounds like a different issue.

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@danieldutra where did you attach your multimeter leads to when you did the measuring? The ground should not have any voltage.

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@danieldutra not sure which pin you are referring to as the "the rightmost left pin". Post a picture and mark the pin on that one. that way we can see what you see and hopefully can figure it out. 4 connectors from the left are all ground and connect directly to ground. 4 connectors on the right are all directly connected to PP12V_G3H_PSU check the voltages on the capacitors on PP12V_G3H_PSU right by J7900. I wonder if you are accidentally measuring PSU_Temp

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@danieldutra, não sei ao certo a qual pino você está se referindo como “o pino mais à esquerda da direita”. Manda uma foto e marca esse pino nela. Assim, a gente consegue ver o que você está vendo e, com sorte, dá pra resolver isso. Os 4 conectores da esquerda são todos de terra e se conectam diretamente ao terra. Os 4 conectores à direita estão todos conectados diretamente ao PP12V_G3H_PSU. Verifica as tensões nos capacitores do PP12V_G3H_PSU, bem ao lado do J7900. Será que você não está medindo o PSU_Temp por engano?

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I've posted pictures since your comment. I think they may help understanding what I meant

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Portuguese: Suas leituras no cabeçalho da fonte de alimentação estão corretas. Você deve verificar a continuidade do botão liga/desliga a partir dos pinos do cabeçalho da placa lógica ou diretamente da extremidade do cabo. Quando você pressiona, ele deve ser curto (terra para o chassi).

Se isso for verdade, então a própria placa lógica tem um problema. Inspecione cuidadosamente se há danos em busca de componentes descoloridos ou fisicamente danificados.

English: Your readings at the power supply header are correct. You should check the power button continuity from the logic board header pins or directly from the cable end. When you press it it should short (ground to chassis).

If that is true then the logic board it's self has a problem. Carefully inspect for damage looking for discolored components or phyicallydamaged.

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