Introduction
Use this guide to replace the antenna plate that serves as a mount for the antenna as well as the hard drive.
What you need
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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 Torx screws
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Two 5.0 mm T8 Torx or 2.0 mm Hex screws (either screwdriver will work)
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When putting back together:
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2 Comments
when opening my 2011 mac mini, I noticed removing the fan and the cowling is unnecessary to access the antenna plate
The difficult part is putting the grill back in.