Damaged M2 Mac Mini - Repair + Upgrade

In this video, I perform some minor board repair, as well as a soldered storage upgrade, to ‪@ActionRetro‬'s M2 Apple Mac Mini. The board only had two very minor issues, though one component was missing. After sourcing the missing component from another board and correcting other minor soldering issues, the board began working perfectly once again. The board is then finished off with an upgrade from a single 256GB NAND storage config, to a dual-NAND 2TB config.

For a more in-depth look at the Apple Silicon Mac soldered storage upgrading process, check out my video here:    • Upgrading Apple Silicon Soldered SSDs  

0:00 Intro
1:29 Inspecting board issues
3:06 Initial board testing
3:55 Repairing board issues
10:25 Post-repair testing
11:54 Going from single-NAND to dual-NAND
13:16 Removing original NAND
16:02 Reballing new NANDs
18:36 Installing new NANDs
20:31 Restoring macOS via DFU mode
22:34 Final testing and conclusion

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