Ok,
Just opened up and replaced my ageing 80GB HDD with a 250GB jobbie and I noticed that whilst the new drive slotted straight in, the old one had a plastic barrier fixed to it that covered up all but the SATA & Power connection plug sockets.
I just wondered if this additional part on the original HDD was used to keep the airflow in check, so it can easily flow out of the vent.
I tried to see if I could retro fit this 'shielding' but it was embedded onto the PCB and I would have to strip down both the original and the new HDD to attempt to fit this.
In the interim I simply swapped the drives as normal, but if it is advised that I retro fit this part I will open up the case and do the necessary.
This has not been referred to in any of the resources online I have found so far and I bear in mind that the Mac Mini has specific shielding that needs to be retrofitted for such an upgrade.
So, it's not worth worrying about ??
Just opened up and replaced my ageing 80GB HDD with a 250GB jobbie and I noticed that whilst the new drive slotted straight in, the old one had a plastic barrier fixed to it that covered up all but the SATA & Power connection plug sockets.
I just wondered if this additional part on the original HDD was used to keep the airflow in check, so it can easily flow out of the vent.
I tried to see if I could retro fit this 'shielding' but it was embedded onto the PCB and I would have to strip down both the original and the new HDD to attempt to fit this.
In the interim I simply swapped the drives as normal, but if it is advised that I retro fit this part I will open up the case and do the necessary.
This has not been referred to in any of the resources online I have found so far and I bear in mind that the Mac Mini has specific shielding that needs to be retrofitted for such an upgrade.
So, it's not worth worrying about ??