crwdns2934243:0crwdne2934243:0 oldturkey03, [deleted], BenZ78, Geir Ove Andersen, and Duck crwdns2934247:0crwdne2934247:0

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Using a 2.5" SSD as the only hard drive.

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Hello all,

I have a Late 2014 Mac Mini. Upon opening it up, I noticed it had the PCIe slot for the hard drive (it was bought without a hard drive). My idea was to pop in 2.5” Crucial SSD and that should be okay.

Went ahead and bought this pack of tools + SATA cable:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06Y13TVFW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and used the one that looks like this:

[product|IF171-015-2]

But each time I try to install the OS through Internet Recovery Mode or even a bootable Yosemite USB it fails to install. It can detect the hard drive, erase etc.

All I can think of at the moment is that I left the PCIe cable connected - haven’t tried taking it off and then trying.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ray

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Mac Mini Late 2014

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open

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crwdns2934241:0crwdne2934241:0 Raihan Islam

crwdns2947189:0crwdne2947189:0:

Using a 2.5" SSD as the only hard drive.

crwdns2934249:0crwdne2934249:0:

Hello all,

I have a Late 2014 Mac Mini. Upon opening it up, I noticed it had the PCIe slot for the hard drive (it was bought without a hard drive). My idea was to pop in 2.5” Crucial SSD and that should be okay.

Went ahead and bought this pack of tools + SATA cable:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06Y13TVFW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and used the one that looks like this:

[product|IF171-015-2]

But each time I try to install the OS through Internet Recovery Mode or even a bootable Yosemite USB it fails to install. It can detect the hard drive, erase etc.

All I can think of at the moment is that I left the PCIe cable connected - haven’t tried taking it off and then trying.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ray

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Mac Mini Late 2014

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open