New Mac Mini w Fusion shows only 13G available? Help

timberg · Nov 9, 2012, 07:48 PM

New Mac Mini arrived today, I've been setting up, and have only added one or two apps (MS Office, etc). I tried transferring my iPhoto library and it said insufficient memory. The finder only shows about 13 G as available.

Any idea what's happening? Its the mid model, i7 w/ the new Fusion Drive. Should be way more space available. Is it a setting or something?

Thanks!

CyAnMan · Nov 9, 2012, 08:13 PM

How large is your iPhoto library? Do a "get info" on it, <cmd+i>.

StevenT42 · Nov 9, 2012, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by timberg

New Mac Mini arrived today, I've been setting up, and have only added one or two apps (MS Office, etc). I tried transferring my iPhoto library and it said insufficient memory. The finder only shows about 13 G as available.

Any idea what's happening? Its the mid model, i7 w/ the new Fusion Drive. Should be way more space available. Is it a setting or something?

Thanks!

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1485080

Snowcake · Nov 9, 2012, 08:16 PM

Take a look how big your "fusion harddisk drive" is and take a look at what for sort of files are taking al the space up.

I think your hdd is "broken" somehow.

timberg · Nov 9, 2012, 10:34 PM

90 mins on phone with Apple. Attempted to repair, rebuild, partition. They pronounced it DOA so off to exchange tomorrow.

msans · Nov 10, 2012, 02:36 PM

Hmmm...after well over 90 minutes with two separate 2nd level technical support staff, my same issue was kicked to engineering - which takes a while as you don't get to talk with them directly and they don't work weekends. I was told that engineering had to pronounce it DOA before I could exchange.

Did you have to jump through that hoop?

philipma1957 · Nov 10, 2012, 03:12 PM

so at least 2 fusion failures.

52 blackout screens. I am one

failed cpu test . thats me

possible fail in prime95 test. also me

so these mid model and server model minis are not so good so far.

but to be fair a site like this will gather complaints.

this is not as bad as the yellow 27 inch iMac screens were in 2009

dasx · Nov 10, 2012, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by philipma1957

so at least 2 fusion failures.

52 blackout screens. I am one

failed cpu test . thats me

possible fail in prime95 test. also me

so these mid model and server model minis are not so good so far.

but to be fair a site like this will gather complaints.

this is not as bad as the yellow 27 inch iMac screens were in 2009

What error do you get in prime?

philipma1957 · Nov 10, 2012, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dasx

What error do you get in prime?

rounding. on 3 of 8 cores and then on 4 of 8 cores

dasx · Nov 11, 2012, 03:55 AM

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Originally Posted by philipma1957

rounding. on 3 of 8 cores and then on 4 of 8 cores

Temps over normal? Is the RAM being testes too? How long did it take to show errors?

philipma1957 · 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by dasx

Temps over normal? Is the RAM being testes too? How long did it take to show errors?

no I had the mini on its side with fans temps around 199 as a max look at the time on the first screen it is 1:53 max temp is 199 F that is about 20 F under max temp.

on the second shot look at the core 7 error it came at the 1:22 mark or in military time 13:22.

the error came in 25 minutes.

i did a second test with the stock 4gb ram results were worse 4 bad cores. in under 20 minutes. 2 new test today one with 8 cores second with 2 cores . both fail in minutes = cpu is bad

one last test with 1 worker = instant error.

dasx · Nov 11, 2012, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by philipma1957

cpu is bad

Indeed it is.

I wonder how has one to address this with Apple. Do they accept Prime95 as a prove? Will you call them on monday or something?

philipma1957 · 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dasx

Indeed it is.

I wonder how has one to address this with Apple. Do they accept Prime95 as a prove? Will you call them on monday or something?

I am bringing it to the apple store I have an appointment . I am a bit annoyed as this was purchased from jr.com not apple so getting a swap may be hard to do.

just for comparison here is a day long test with my 2010 2.4 c2d mini no errors 20 hours long and not hot cpus both at 100%

dasx · Nov 11, 2012, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by philipma1957

I am bringing it to the apple store I have an appointment . I am a bit annoyed as this was purchased from jr.com not apple so getting a swap may be hard to do.

Good luck man. And keep us posted!

Snowcake · Nov 12, 2012, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by philipma1957

I am bringing it to the apple store I have an appointment . I am a bit annoyed as this was purchased from jr.com not apple so getting a swap may be hard to do.

just for comparison here is a day long test with my 2010 2.4 c2d mini no errors 20 hours long and not hot cpus both at 100%

Well, are it always the same cores who are failing?

Maybe you have one defective ram slot. You could test it with one ram slot and the other empty. Then swap then and test again. Since you didn't use memtest86+ You have not tested about 2GB.

And your 2010 Mac Mini also run a lot cooler.

philipma1957 · Nov 12, 2012, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowcake

Well, are it always the same cores who are failing?

Maybe you have one defective ram slot. You could test it with one ram slot and the other empty. Then swap then and test again. Since you didn't use memtest86+ You have not tested about 2GB.

And your 2010 Mac Mini also run a lot cooler.

finally got memtest86+ to run on the quad. thank you for pushing it.

here is an eight hour test on the stock ram with the quad

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1488392

the stock ram passes. so both slots and both sticks are good.

when I ran prime95 with this ram and this cpu 4 of the 8 cores got rounding errors.

so Most likely the cpu or mobo are bad.

I rma'd it and I am awaiting a return.

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timberg macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	New Mac Mini w Fusion shows only 13G available? Help New Mac Mini arrived today, I've been setting up, and have only added one or two apps (MS Office, etc). I tried transferring my iPhoto library and it said insufficient memory. The finder only shows about 13 G as available. Any idea what's happening? Its the mid model, i7 w/ the new Fusion Drive. Should be way more space available. Is it a setting or something? Thanks!
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CyAnMan macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	How large is your iPhoto library? Do a "get info" on it, <cmd+i>.
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Snowcake macrumors regular Join Date: May 2010	Take a look how big your "fusion harddisk drive" is and take a look at what for sort of files are taking al the space up. I think your hdd is "broken" somehow.
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timberg Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	90 mins on phone with Apple. Attempted to repair, rebuild, partition. They pronounced it DOA so off to exchange tomorrow.
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msans macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	Hmmm...after well over 90 minutes with two separate 2nd level technical support staff, my same issue was kicked to engineering - which takes a while as you don't get to talk with them directly and they don't work weekends. I was told that engineering had to pronounce it DOA before I could exchange. Did you have to jump through that hoop?
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philipma1957 macrumors 603 Join Date: Apr 2010	so at least 2 fusion failures. 52 blackout screens. I am one failed cpu test . thats me possible fail in prime95 test. also me so these mid model and server model minis are not so good so far. but to be fair a site like this will gather complaints. this is not as bad as the yellow 27 inch iMac screens were in 2009
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