Learn how to repair your Mac mini Late 2014 with this video overview.

Mac Mini User Manual 2014

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Introduction

Mac mini (Late 2014) has memory that is integrated into the main logic board and can't be upgraded. 2012, 2011, 2010 To remove and install memory in your Mac mini (Late 2012), Mac mini (Mid 2011), or Mac mini (Mid 2010), use the following steps.

It's been two years since the Mac mini's last appearance on iFixit's teardown table, but a newly revised version joins Apple's lineup this week. Is this truly a refreshed mini, or merely a mini-refresh? Stay tuned to find out just what two years of innovation has to say for itself—it's Mac mini teardown time.

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Mac mini Late 2014, use our service manual.

Apple's 'affordable powerhouse' offers a range of hardware configurations (but no gold color option, so you can't configure for bling). Our unit's internals include:
1.4 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7 GHz) with 3 MB L3 cache
4 GB of 1600 MHz LPDDR3 memory
500 GB Hard Drive
Intel HD Graphics 5000
802.11ac Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.0
OS X Yosemite

The backside of the mini remains almost identical to the previous iteration. The only change is the omission of a FireWire port in favor of an extra Thunderbolt 2 port.
The Mac mini Late 2014 retains the model number identifier of A1347, but is distinguished by the EMC number 2840.

Gone are the handy thumb indents and indicators. This mini doesn't appear to have twist-off bottom cover!
We've got a bad feeling about this.
A flick of our ~~bottle opener~~ plastic opening tool pops this (lower) cap off.
Well that was nice! But now we're greeted with something new: a solid door where there was once handy access to the RAM and fan.
We're starting to feel like the locks on our apartment changed and we weren't given the new keys...

Time to break down the door and see what's changed inside. The plastic bottom cover snaps onto three screws—three TR6 Torx Security screws. Really? Rude.
This is the smallest Torx Security screw we've ever seen—our kits go down to T7 Security, so we asked our tool design team to get improvising.
Improvisation complete! Our packrat engineers produced a lone prototype T6 Torx Security screwdriver, a tool we originally abandoned because nobody had seen such a screw used in real life
Thanks, Apple.
We'll get this ridiculous driver in the store shortly.

After a bit of work—more than we were expecting—we're able to flip the Wi-Fi antenna/shield plate out of the way.
Unfortunately, we're not home free yet. One end of the Wi-Fi antenna cable is clamped firmly to the plate, while the other end is screwed down onto the logic board.

Upon removal, the fan seems identical to the one from the previous model—but let's not be too quick to judge a fan by its cover.
Advanced Hydraulic Bearing
Hmm. Interesting. What exactly is Advanced Hydraulic Bearing? Let's find out. According to Asia Vital Components:
AHB 'consists of a polished steel shaft, a sintered bearing and fluid lubricant.' In this system there 'is no contact between shaft and bearing' and thus 'the bearing load is carried solely by a film of fluid lubricant.'
AHB is best for fans that operate at a lower speed. It's better at absorbing shock and dampening vibration than traditional ball bearings, making for a quieter fan.

The AirPort card is dispatched after removing one screw and disconnecting two more antennas from their sockets.
Gone is the funky cable-connected AirPort card of yesteryear, this AirPort card is now full-fledged PCIe, supporting Wi-Fi ac.
Let's take a look at the ICs found on the AirPort card:
Broadcom BCM4360KML1G 5G WiFi 3-Stream 802.11ac Gigabit Transceiver
Skyworks SE5516 Dual-Band 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Front-End Module
RF Micro RFFM4293 2.5 GHz FEMS and RFFM4591 5 GHz FEMS
Broadcom BCM20702 Single-Chip Bluetooth 4.0 HCI Solution with Bluetooth Low Energy Support

Using our handy hand-powered Mac mini logic board removal tool, we handily remove our Mac mini's handsome logic board.
While past Mac minis have featured two SATA ports, allowing users to upgrade their base model with an extra hard drive, this year we only get one.
However, this empty socket over here may well be a spot for a PCIe cable, enabling the installation of a blade SSD.
More on this once we get our hands on a Fusion-equipped Mac mini.

True to our word, we cracked open a Fusion drive equipped Mac mini, and it looks like our suspicions were accurate.
The empty connector is now filled—by a PCIe cable, glued to the top of the hard drive tray.
The SSD matches the one we found in the MacBook Air 13' Mid 2013 with the same chips:
Samsung S4LN053X01-8030 (ARM) flash controller
8 x Samsung K9LDGY8SIC-XCK0 16 GB flash storage
Samsung K4P2G324ED 512 MB RAM

Let's have a look at the ICs on the logic board:
Samsung K4E8E304EE-EGCE 8 Gb LPDDR3 DRAM (8 Gb x 4 = 32 Gb = 4 GB)
Unfortunately, the RAM is soldered to the logic board. This means that if you want to upgrade the RAM, you can only do so at time of purchase.
Cirrus Logic 4208-CRZ Audio Codec (a returning champion from a bevy of recent Apple products including the Mid 2013 MacBook Air and Mac Pro)
Broadcom BCM57766A1KMLG Ethernet PCIe Controller with SD3.0 Card Reader and ASF 2.0
Intel DSL5520 Thunderbolt 2 Controller
Delta Electronics LFE8904C-F Discrete LAN Filter
NXP 6142F and NXP PCA9501BS 8-bit I/O Expander

The IC party continues:
Microchip Technology 1428-7 420BE5A BMY System Management Bus (SMBus) Temperature Sensor
Cypress Semiconductor CY7C63833 LTXC enCoRe II Low Speed USB Peripheral Controller
Texas Instruments TPS51916 DDR3 Memory Power Solution Synchronous Buck Controller
Texas Instruments 58873D Synchronous Buck NexFET Power Block MOSFET Pair

The IC after-party:
Intel Core i5-4260U Processor with Intel HD Graphics 5000
Texas Instruments/Stellaris LM4FS1EH Microcontroller
Parade PS8401A HDMI Jitter Cleaning Repeater
Macronix MX25L6406E 64 Mb CMOS Serial Flash
Delta Electronics LFE8904C-F Discrete LAN Filter
Intersil 958 26AHRZ M419VL

We've got the power (supply) at the tips of our fingers. It's an easy extraction, even if it took a while to get here.
We get a slight rush before we realize it is the same as the 2012 model...which

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