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

[WIlliam Ross]

Yeah, looking through the manuals on iFixit, there are three styles of Intel Mini; the new 7.7" one, a 6" one with a full DVI port, and a 6" with a Mini-DP and Mini-DVI jack.

On Sep 16, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Aaron Brigati wrote:

> 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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