Do I need this small metal piece? Fell out of mac mini.

While replacing my dead hard drive a small metal piece fell on my worktable. I think it fell out of the old drive, but maybe from the mac mini itself (late 2009 model, A1283).

The metal piece is silver, thickness of a dime, roughly square, and about 1/4 inch (at the most) on all sides. No holes, prongs, adhesive, connectors, etc. Just a small hunk of metal.

I haven't put the mini back together yet to see what isn't (??) working. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Cape Dave, iPhil,

The battery is in its holder. But appreciate the reply!

This piece is much smaller. It's almost the size of a letter on my iPhone 4 keypad.

It also fits inside Lincoln's head on a penny, and is just a bit thicker than a penny.

I'll try to post a photo in about ten hours, when I'll have access to computer.

FrancoisC said:

Pictures?

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Here you go.

HAHAHA! to everyone. Great responses!

When my "replacement" temperature sensor arrives, and I get the mini put back together, I'll let you all know. If it works, I'm going to put the metal piece up for auction at eBay!

oneMadRssn said:

Oh, it's an LST. I have a drawer full of those, in various sizes.

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I'll bite. LST = Lost Stuff and Things? Large Silver Thing?

Hi All, Just to close the loop. Mini up and running, without that Little Silver Thing. Thanks for taking your time to help me out.