SW500 on mac mini motherboard

cammytcammyt
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Hi,



I'm new to this forum & looking to see if anyone can help.



I have a Mac Mini that does'nt work - power gets to board but that is about it.



I have noticed though that switch (sw500) is damaged - does anyone know what this switch does?



Would like to know beore I start to fit a new one!



Any help would be greatly appreciated.



Regards



Cammy

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    cammytcammyt Posts: 2member
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    Originally Posted by cammyt View Post


    Hi,



    I'm new to this forum & looking to see if anyone can help.



    I have a Mac Mini that does'nt work - power gets to board but that is about it.



    I have noticed though that switch (sw500) is damaged - does anyone know what this switch does?



    Would like to know beore I start to fit a new one!



    Any help would be greatly appreciated.



    Regards



    Cammy



    OK - discovered it is the SMC reset switch! Replaced & now get power but no chime! Board is reading disks but no going any further. Where is the SMC chip?



    I must add that initially this machine did run but fans were very fast & tehn it shut down & now nothing!



    Does anyone have any ideas?



    Cheers



    Cammy
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