Machine was working fine. I took it apart using the guide here to install a larger SSD, it went smooth as butter. Put it back together and powered it on using a bootable High Sierra Jump Drive, It took longer than usual sitting on a black screen but it did come up. It got stuck on the Apple screen for quite a while. I pulled power.
Now ANY time I plug it in it just keeps giving me the power chime over and over and nothing on the screen.
I even try it without a hard drive plugged in and does the same thing.
SMC Reset does nothing.
Any advise? Thanks
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UPDATE: The caps lock light does cycle and mouse does light up
=== Update (09/24/2018) ===
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Left machine unplugged all weekend. Came to work Monday morning and plugged it in. It sent power to the usb ports and the fan spins like usual - but I get no power on chime. There is nothing on the HDMI output. I let it sit for 30 mins and it did nothing. (at this point I put the old hard drive back in with a proper OS installed, so it should boot up and run). After 30 mins I pulled power for 30 seconds and plugged it back in and its back to the same chime / reboot loop. Any help would be great. Thanks
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=== Update (09/24/2018) ===
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Would this device boot even if it could not see a hard drive of any kind? Perhaps I damaged the sata flex cable.
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Now the startup chime has some distortion to it. Off
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With this device, Should it power on automatically when I plug power in?
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Update: The startup chime is clear as a bell WHEN THE WIFI CARD IS INSTALLED. Any time the wifi card is not installed it gets scratchy and distorted.
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I think this logic board needs a exorcism!!
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MAKING HEAD WAY! THE USB DRIVE I BOOTED FROM WAS A CLOVER DRIVE, I THINK IT CORRUPTED THE “ME REGION”
Machine was working fine. I took it apart using the guide here to install a larger SSD, it went smooth as butter. Put it back together and powered it on using a bootable High Sierra Jump Drive, It took longer than usual sitting on a black screen but it did come up. It got stuck on the Apple screen for quite a while. I pulled power.
Now ANY time I plug it in it just keeps giving me the power chime over and over and nothing on the screen.
I even try it without a hard drive plugged in and does the same thing.
SMC Reset does nothing.
Any advise? Thanks
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UPDATE: The caps lock light does cycle and mouse does light up
=== Update (09/24/2018) ===
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UPDATE: Left machine unplugged all weekend. Came to work Monday morning and plugged it in. It sent power to the usb ports and the fan spins like usual - but I get no power on chime. There is nothing on the HDMI output. I let it sit for 30 mins and it did nothing. (at this point I put the old hard drive back in with a proper OS installed, so it should boot up and run). After 30 mins I pulled power for 30 seconds and plugged it back in and its back to the same chime / reboot loop. Any help would be great. Thanks
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Left machine unplugged all weekend. Came to work Monday morning and plugged it in. It sent power to the usb ports and the fan spins like usual - but I get no power on chime. There is nothing on the HDMI output. I let it sit for 30 mins and it did nothing. (at this point I put the old hard drive back in with a proper OS installed, so it should boot up and run). After 30 mins I pulled power for 30 seconds and plugged it back in and its back to the same chime / reboot loop. Any help would be great. Thanks
Machine was working fine. I took it apart using the guide here to install a larger SSD, it went smooth as butter. Put it back together and powered it on using a bootable High Sierra Jump Drive, It took longer than usual sitting on a black screen but it did come up. It got stuck on the Apple screen for quite a while. I pulled power.
Now ANY time I plug it in it just keeps giving me the power chime over and over and nothing on the screen.
I even try it without a hard drive plugged in and does the same thing.
SMC Reset does nothing.
Any advise? Thanks
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UPDATE: The caps lock light does cycle and mouse does light up
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=== Update (09/24/2018) ===
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UPDATE: Left machine unplugged all weekend. Came to work Monday morning and plugged it in. It sent power to the usb ports and the fan spins like usual - but I get no power on chime. There is nothing on the HDMI output. I let it sit for 30 mins and it did nothing. (at this point I put the old hard drive back in with a proper OS installed, so it should boot up and run). After 30 mins I pulled power for 30 seconds and plugged it back in and its back to the same chime / reboot loop. Any help would be great. Thanks
Machine was working fine. I took it apart using the guide here to install a larger SSD, it went smooth as butter. Put it back together and powered it on using a bootable High Sierra Jump Drive, It took longer than usual sitting on a black screen but it did come up. It got stuck on the Apple screen for quite a while. I pulled power.
Now ANY time I plug it in it just keeps giving me the power chime over and over and nothing on the screen.
I even try it without a hard drive plugged in and does the same thing.
SMC Reset does nothing.
Any advise? Thanks
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UPDATE: The caps lock light does cycle and mouse does light up
Machine was working fine. I took it apart using the guide here to install a larger SSD, it went smooth as butter. Put it back together and powered it on using a bootable High Sierra Jump Drive, It took longer than usual sitting on a black screen but it did come up. It got stuck on the Apple screen for quite a while. I pulled power.
Now ANY time I plug it in it just keeps giving me the power chime over and over and nothing on the screen.
I even try it without a hard drive plugged in and does the same thing.
I am working on a Mac Mini. Late 2014
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Machine was working fine. I took it apart using the guide here to install a larger SSD, it went smooth as butter. Put it back together and powered it on using a bootable High Sierra Jump Drive, It took longer than usual sitting on a black screen but it did come up. It got stuck on the Apple screen for quite a while. I pulled power.
Now ANY time I plug it in it just keeps giving me the power chime over and over and nothing on the screen.
I even try it without a hard drive plugged in and does the same thing.
SMC Reset does nothing.
Any advise? Thanks