Not quite 2 years old and it's dead... the main logic board is no longer functioning... and the cost to repair is just too high for me to justify the cost... <a href="http://www.mmolenda.com/blogpix/RepairOrderDetail.pdf" target="_blank">546.11</a>

So, I decided to open mine up and take a look inside...  and change out the RAM just in the Mini just in case it might be the real reason... but it didn't help...

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Fig1. Here it is with the top off...

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Fig2. Now, I have taken out the SuperDrive.

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Fig 3. I have taken out the Hard Drive.

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Fig 4. The Hard drive

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Fig 5. TheSuperDrive

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Fig 7. The old RAM

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Fig 8. The Hard drive cage and CPU fan

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Fig 9. The main logic board (this is what no longer works...)

<img src="http://www.mmolenda.com/blogpix/MacMini_010.jpg" height="401" width="522" />

Fig 11. Putting it back together.  Hard Drive re-installed.

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Fig 12. All of it...  pretty neat.  Too bad it doesn't work.

I am pretty pissed off about the repair cost.  I may just write Apple a letter to express my displeasure.  I know if I had spent 149.99 on the AppleCare, it wouldn't have cost me anything to repair it... so, that's a lesson.  When I buy a new Apple, I will buy the AppleCare and protect myself... (Note: I didn't buy it on my MacBook, either... and it will be 2 years old in June...)...

Just a suggestion: when you buy Apple products, buy the AppleCare.  You have until the normal factory warranty is up to buy it, so you don't have to buy it right away...