Remove the fan: There are four screws, two on the side, and two near the top. Very, very carefully remove both the screw from the radio mounting bracket and the radio connector.
When you lift the base off, there's a very short radio wire you'll have to deal with next. Remove the round metal base: This has six tiny screws. This is easy if you're just slightly careful. Remove the round plastic base: This no longer twists to remove. You are on your own.Īlso: Mac Mini 2018: Cheat sheet TechRepublic Neither I, nor ZDNet, nor our parent company will take any responsibility for your actions.
All of these were available in my iFixit Pro Tech toolkit, but you can certainly get basic Torx bits just about everywhere.ĭisclaimer: if you break your shiny new computer, don't come crying to me. I also used some tweezers and a little plastic prying tool. I only used three Torx bits, a T10, T6, and T5. The cage is screwed down onto the motherboard, and yes, you have to remove the motherboard.Īlso: Apple Mac Mini (2018) review: The little Mac that could To remove the RAM sticks, you have to remove the cage. RAM is hidden inside what's almost a Faraday cage of metal. That said, it's a tiresome and fiddly process that's not for the faint of heart.įirst off, the picture Apple showed of the RAM in their announcement is incredibly misleading. The title of this article does tell it all.