Mac mini Mid 2010 PRAM Battery Replacement
Introduction
Go to step 1Use this guide to replace your mini's PRAM battery.
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Place your thumbs in the depressions cut into the bottom cover.
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Rotate the bottom cover counter-clockwise until the white dot painted on the bottom cover is aligned with the ring inscribed on the outer case.
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Remove the two 11.3 mm T6 Torx screws securing the fan to the logic board near the antenna plate.
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Remove the following screws securing the antenna plate to the mini:
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Two 6.6 mm T8 or T9 Torx screws
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Two 5.0 mm T8 Torx or 2.0 mm Hex screws (either will work)
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Remove the following three screws:
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One 5.0 mm T8 Torx or 2.0 mm Hex screw (either will work)
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One 16.2 mm T6 Torx screw
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One 26 mm T6 Torx standoff
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Tool used on this step:Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool$4.99
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Insert a Mac mini Logic Board Removal Tool into the two holes highlighted in red. Be sure it makes contact with the outer case below the logic board before proceeding.
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Carefully pull the tool toward the I/O board. The logic board and I/O board assembly should slightly slide out of the outer case.
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Cease prying when the I/O board is visibly separated from the outer case. Remove the Mac mini Logic Board Removal tool.
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Use the tip of a spudger to carefully pry the PRAM battery up and out of its holder on the logic board.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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3 Comments
I believe Apple COULD have buried the battery a little deeper....yes?
All of my elderly Mini 2,1 still are running correctly with their original PRAM batteries.
I still have three Mini 2,1 models in use as DVR’s using EyeTV running OS X10.75 because the last version of EyeTV to still use the free TitanTV guide doesn’t work with 10.8 or higher and the TV Guide program guide was a subscription service until it was discontinued. Further development in North America was probably dropped due to legal issues since the last version allowed you to record and edit HDTV programs in full HD 1080 resolution and burn them to DVD in Blu-ray format if the original file was less than 90 minutes with a dual layer DVD while longer files could be burned to recordable Blu-ray. The DVD with Blu-ray content plays on every Blu-ray player I have tried them on.
These instructions were perfect and I am sure glad I ordered the Mac mini logic board remover tool along with the angled forceps they also sell in the store. Replacing the PRAM took care of all the weird gremlins I was experiencing trying to boot from a 1TB SATA 3 Samsung SSD. Now its like a new computer!
