Someone Destroyed EVERY PORT on this Mac Mini...
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Published 2024-06-19
0:00 Intro
2:52 Close look at damage
4:42 Sourcing a donor set of ports
5:17 Desoldering donor ports
9:12 Desoldering damaged ports
10:00 Cleaning solder from board
13:45 Installing donor ports
18:44 Initial testing
21:10 Final assembly and conclusion
#applesilicon #macmini #repair
All Comments (21)
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The way they destroyed it makes me feel like it was a developer unit or something…. As if they wanted to hit the bare minimum to clear “destructed” status for tax reasons…
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You are such a treasure being able to resource and repurpose e-waste parts so that broken hardware may live again. That box of intentionally destroyed boards must have thousands of dollars worth of donor parts just waiting to be tapped. You are a good man for being financially "green".
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Apple: Destroy those prototypes! grind them and make them unusable! dosdude1: Hold my beer
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No need to damage them. Just leave an AppleID signed in, then the thing is fűcked anyway
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Great repair! Very resourceful using those DTK boards. 👍
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Looks like the work of an apple authorized repair facility.
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Wow, I had considered buying this very mac mini on ebay, and had even sent the seller a low-ball offer. Then I saw somebody bought it and was kinda like "Well I don't quite have the repair hardware to fix that so that's kinda a bullet dodged" that is so funny!
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There’s a special place in hell for people who destroy perfectly good electronics.
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Watching you dismantle and reassemble logic boards, I/O ports, etc. is like watching a neurosurgeon at work. I sit and watch in total amazement as you work your magic. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos.
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I worked as an intern for a company, and one of my tasks was destroying hard drives. They told me that taking a flathead screwdriver and ripping the board sufficed. Given that we're now in the era of soldered-on SSDs, this is probably the same assignment I had ten years ago.
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Apple touts how environmentally friendly they are meanwhile, look at that MASSIVE box of DTK DRILLED boards... Environment friendly is giving used hardware a second life, not this. Look at how the ports are designed not to be replaced! Dosdude is performing miracles. Crapple strikes again.
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Reminds me of something. Found a guy who was throwing away a G3 imac that had similar damage. He said he needed to destroy it because of HIPPA laws. The thing still booted.
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The damage is definitely unusual, but what’s more strange is that this isn’t even an old machine. How often do they need to upgrade to new Macs if this was from a company? It’s unfortunate to see that damage on a new Mac but at least it wasn’t completely destroyed. Great repair!
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I'm so surprised, shocked, that they are using through-hole components for these ports. I didn't even know they made thru-hole USBC ports. Every other repair video I've seen the last few years (Xboxes, PS5, Laptops) all use surface mount ports, which of course increases the chances of breaking the port off the pads. I see the downside of using thru-hole parts is the ends of the legs act as antennas with the very high frequency signals, thats why they need the RF shields on the back of the pins.
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Your soldering skills are amazing! Watching you bring old hardware back to life is inspiring. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and helping the community improve our own repair skills!
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It is always awesome watching you work your magic. Not only is it relaxing, but satisfying when you get a machine that has suffered such serious damage up and running again. Great job in keeping this beautiful Mac alive and well.
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Awesome work Colin! Btw I highly recommend getting a good vacuum desoldering gun, it’s the cleanest ands fastest way to clear solder from through holes.
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I‘ve seen these damaged ports on amazon return devices that went to liquidation pallets.
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Low melt solder plus desoldering gun could have been great to that port replacement method. And that bit warping on USB-A ports could have been avoided. But still a great save on poor devices! Kudos! 😊
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hey! saw your channel many months ago! glad your channel is doing well!
