Mac mini power supply adapter
Only the Apple engineers know for sure. There is really only one option if you want to directly power the Mac mini -- cut the cord and use the connector that came with the Mac mini. About a month ago, Apple started selling the external power supply as an accessory. We got one for the connector and so we could take apart the power supply: First thing we noticed about the power supply was that it was NOT meant to be taken apart.
The two halves were glued together After picking at it for about 30 minutes, we got tired of pussy footing around, brought it to the shop and cut it open with the table saw. This is the end we were interested in. There was not much holding the cable to the circuit board.
The assembly was attached to one side of the case by 4 phillips screws. Once the screws were removed, the assembly was easily lifted out of the case. A quick look showed the metal shield around the unit was attached only by yellow tape. What appeared to be a ground wire red arrow connected the two plugs together. We carefully removed the yellow tape to free the wire.
Follow Us & Share
The inside shield was soldered onto the circuit board. We realized that it would be simplier to just open up the flaps rather than try to detach the shield. The metal pieces bend quite easily.
We took care not to break the ground wire connecting the two ends. And what's with all this white goo everywhere??? We thought about desoldering the wires from the board, but it actually made more sense just to cut it. This way, should we ever need to reattach the wires a most unlikely scenario , at least we'll know where they go.
Here are the left over pieces of this project. The assembly was attached to one side of the case by 4 phillips screws. Once the screws were removed, the assembly was easily lifted out of the case.
Mac mini DC-Conversion / Linear Fan Controller Kit (MMK) – UpTone Audio
A quick look showed the metal shield around the unit was attached only by yellow tape. What appeared to be a ground wire red arrow connected the two plugs together. We carefully removed the yellow tape to free the wire. The inside shield was soldered onto the circuit board. We realized that it would be simplier to just open up the flaps rather than try to detach the shield.
The metal pieces bend quite easily. We took care not to break the ground wire connecting the two ends. And what's with all this white goo everywhere??? We thought about desoldering the wires from the board, but it actually made more sense just to cut it. This way, should we ever need to reattach the wires a most unlikely scenario , at least we'll know where they go. Here are the left over pieces of this project.
Is It Okay to Use a 110W Power Supply With This, Compared to the 85W?
If you want this AC power supply Perfect for the analog geeks out there who wants to see just what makes this thing tick: The cable is now ready for use. The CarNetix regulator will enable us to leave the carputer on "sleep mode" so when the ignition is turned on, the carputer will only take 3 seconds to startup. By Wan Chi Lau. In order to power the Mac mini directly from the Boxster's 12VDC battery, we needed to find a source for the Mac mini's non-standard power plug.
After unsuccessfully searching for a few months, we decided to buy another AC power adapter from Apple and remove the cable from the adapter and use it for our project. We could have just cut the cable from the adapter, but we were curious as to what was inside. So we decide to open adapter and extract the cable whole.