My question is as follows: I have a airport extreme Base station. Is there any way I can get around spending the extra cash to install the airport extreme card?

Can I sync the base station to the mac mini from ethernet port? It has no option for airport software located in the system/network controls.

Can I download the airport software without the airport extreme card installed or does it not to have that to download the software?

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I need a second opinion before I buy more ram

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Is it possible to upgrade to Leopard on this machine?

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i have recently bought this machine off ebay, from a seller stating he couldnt test the machine, so sold as faulty no returns.

machine clearly shows signs of spillage. bottom of the motherboard is corroded at two corners, a lot of contacts almost invisible under the layer of rust...

now, knowing, that this is probably beyond repair, what would you recomend me to try, to get rid of rust? alcohol? isopropyl? "whatever-you-call-it-conntact-cleaner"?

i dont even know, if anything else is working, i have basically gutted machine i need to get working... i probably could salvage superdrive, anything else is missing. no hdd, no wificard, no bluetooth module...

i know, motherboards are quite resistant to spillage (i know, stupid idea), having two, which survived spillage, could this one be salvaged as well?

thanks for ideas, sugestions or offers...:D:D:D

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Thanks for any help.

Cordially Jim

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When I open the classic system profiler I see virtual memory is turned off, is there a way to turn it on. Will this solve the problem and get Office 98 working again?

Sandy

⟐ Answered June 16, 2013 at 12:33 MST

Or do i have to replace the optical drive?

Thanks in advance.

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I recently cleaned it all out, repasted the CPU and added an SSD. Just worried about the old thermal pad for graphics.

Would be worth replacing it with a Gelid thermal pad? It looks really thin, would a 0.5mm fit?

I still use it for retro gaming, snd my iPod classic, and just want to stay alive for longer.

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i hear the start up noise

and all i get is a blue screen

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This is a Mac Mini, Model A1103, all original equipment. 80GB original disk drive. This was all working fine as of about a week ago. Machine belongs to a friend, and neither of us know exactly what happened to it exactly.

Disk Utility originally only showed me the image for the Apple Install CD I booted to get over to Disk Utility. I forget now what all the steps were that I took, but now I can see the hard drive in Disk Utility. However, when I attempt to repair it or perform any sort of operation that attempts IO over the entire disk drive, it will eventually hang. It is interruptable, but there is a point beyond which none of the tools I have tried will go.

I have both Disk Warrior and Tech Tools 4, and nothing gets beyond a certain point.

It is probably no longer relevant as to how to recover boot sectors (or whatever a Mac OS X disk needs to perform an initial boot). I am guessing the drive is fully fried and needs replacing.

BTW, I did try putting the machine in target mode for the internal drive. Same sad results... could not perform adequate repairs on the drive no matter what I tried. KR

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