#Mac mini 2012 ram type mac os x
#Mac mini 2012 ram type upgrade

Any DIY attempt would merely destroy either the logic board or chips or both. 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors Supported resolutions: 1280 by 800 (native), 1152 by 720, 1024 by 640, and 800 by 500 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio stretched 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2. Apple Mac Mini Desktop with 2.

#Mac mini 2012 ram type mac os x

However newer logic boards, chips and manufacturing techniques mean that these days an ordinary soldering iron is totally useless for this purpose and you need tools equivalent to those used originally to build the logic boards, as such it is not possible unless you are a major manufacturer and they have no interest in doing this. The late 2012 Mac Mini server uses an i7-3615QM (2.3GHz model, confirmed I have this one), or i7-3720QM (2.6GHz model). Operating system: Mac OS X RAM: 16GB Storage: 512 SSD Graphics Coprocessor: Integrated HD Graphics 5000 Ethernet: Base-T (Gigabit) Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n Bluetooth: 4.0 Ports: 2 4x USB 2.0 Manufacturers 30-day warranty Includes.

#Mac mini 2012 ram type upgrade

) I remember some enterprising people doing this to upgrade the original Macintosh 128KB to a 'Fat Mac' with 512KB, I even had this done to my own one back in 1985. In theory one could unsolder the existing chips and solder new bigger capacity ones, this indeed did use to be commonly done in the olden days. This leaves the only option as being to sell it and buy a better model. For the Mac mini 2014 the memory is as you state soldered to the logic board, as such it is generally regarded as impossible to upgrade the memory. A-Tech 16GB Kit (2x8GB) RAM for Apple MacBook Pro (Mid 2012), iMac (Late 2012, Early/Late 2013, Late 2014, Mid 2015), Mac Mini (Late 2012) DDR3 1600MHz SODIMM PC3-12800 204-Pin SO-DIMM Memory. Apple 2012 Mac Mini 2.5GHz Core I5 500GB 4GB RAM MD387LL/A + B Grade + Warranty C 163.59.