2012 and earlier or the newer 2018 model all have socketed memory and can be upgraded it is only the 2014 model that does not. Any DIY attempt would merely destroy either the logic board or chips or both. 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.
#2014 MAC MINI RAM HOW TO#
Nevertheless, it is a good value and there are YouTube videos on how to replace the drive. Its 1 TB hard disk provides ample storage space for digital. The Apple Mac mini A1347 Desktop renders a good performance and multitasks with efficiency. ) 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. The Mac Mini 2014 has no ability to expand RAM and is difficult to replace the Hard Drive on. 2014 through 2018 model / MGEN2LL/A / A1347. 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. Customers can choose to configure their Mac mini with up to a 3.0 GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor, up to 16GB of memory, and up to a 1TB PCIe-based flash drive. 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. Specs: Year: Late 2014 CPU: Dual Core 2.8GHz Intel Core i5-4308U Processor, Up to 3.3GHz Storage: 512GB Solid State (Flash) Drive RAM: 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 (soldered) Graphics: Intel HD 5000 w/ 1.5GB VRAM Mac OS Support: 10.10 'Yosemite' - 12 'Monterey' Connectivity: 4x USB 2.
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