I own a Mac Mini (mid 2011) running High Sierra. I upgraded it with an SSD and 6GBs of RAM and I use it solely as a HTPC running Plex.
I always leave it on, even when TV is switched off.
Few weeks ago I returned home and heard the fan running like crazy while there was no signal on the TV. I shut it down (power button) and when I tried to restarted it, it did the same thing a number of times:
Got in the progress bar quite fast, started filling it till the middle and then restarted and then the same thing over again...
I tried different things like getting the power cable off and on, removing the ethernet and the keyboard and combinations of these.
At some point it restarted normally and everything was fine....after maybe 10-15 times
Since then, it did the same thing 4-5 times....noise from the fan...no signal...restarting..etc.
It always get back to normal but I'm concerned that, eventually, it wont.
I tried to run diagnostics but can't get to that screen ("d" during boot) at all.
Any suggestions on what I can look into?
Thank you!
I always leave it on, even when TV is switched off.
Few weeks ago I returned home and heard the fan running like crazy while there was no signal on the TV. I shut it down (power button) and when I tried to restarted it, it did the same thing a number of times:
Got in the progress bar quite fast, started filling it till the middle and then restarted and then the same thing over again...
I tried different things like getting the power cable off and on, removing the ethernet and the keyboard and combinations of these.
At some point it restarted normally and everything was fine....after maybe 10-15 times
Since then, it did the same thing 4-5 times....noise from the fan...no signal...restarting..etc.
It always get back to normal but I'm concerned that, eventually, it wont.
I tried to run diagnostics but can't get to that screen ("d" during boot) at all.
Any suggestions on what I can look into?
Thank you!