[NTLK] Almost off-topic: Looking for Intel Mac Mini mainboard

[Aaron Brigati]

You might want to specify: Do you need an old-style Mini board (the  
aluminum ones with the plastic top) or the new-style (all aluminum  
case) board?

I don't think there are enough differences within a generation to  
matter - and I figure you mean the older, 6" square Mini not the new  
7.7" square one - but the newer board won't fit in the old case.


On Sep 16, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Frank Gruendel wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> this is not absolutely Newton-related and hence marked off-topic  
> just in case, but it is
> Einstein-related.
>
> I have come into posession of a Mac Mini that has been struck by  
> lightning and is dead as a
> doornail. The lightning has found its way inside via an antenna  
> that was connected to a receiver
> that was connected to an USB port.
>
> I found that the southbridge chip (which these days does almost  
> everything in the Mac Mini except
> for what the processor does) is getting very hot within seconds as  
> soon as the power adapter is
> connected. This is to be expected, since this chip contains, among  
> many other things, the USB
> controller. The power adapter, by the way, is perfectly OK since it  
> wasn't connected when the
> lightning struck.
>
> Replacing the southbridge chip is not possible even with the  
> soldering equipment I have. And it is
> unlikely that this would fix things, since when a lightning finds  
> its way to the 3.3V and 5V power
> plane, it usually kills almost every chip on the board  
> instantaneously.
>
> So now I'm in the market for an Intel Mac Mini mainboard. If you  
> have one that you could live
> without, or if you have a dead Mac Mini with a working mainboard,  
> please get in touch off-list. I am
> also interested in dead mainboards. I could trade for Newton /  
> eMate stuff, Newton / eMate repairs,
> or for cash.
>
> Thanks for reading
>
> Frank
>
> -- Newton software and hardware at http://www.pda-soft.de
>
>
>
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