...a Mac mini 3.1 to be precise.
I currently have 8gb RAM, and am planning to drop in a OCZ SSD in the next few weeks. I have a linear PS in the pipeline, so I am pondering these last few mods to do while the case is off.
If I remove the optical drive, will the mac boot up and throw a hissy fit because it can't find the drive? (I usually boot up headlessly so warning messages get in the way of operation via an iTouch/remote app). If so, is there a way to tell it not to look for the optical drive?
Broadly, the same question WRT removing the bluetooth & wireless modules? (I will still have network access via ethernet > switch > router). Can I simply remove this hardware, and the mac still boot up & run OK?
On a more specialist note, has anyone converted their mini to passive cooling with heatpipes and the like? I would be very interested in some pictures, and if someone could run me through this (and then - you guessed it - if the fan can be disconnected without the mac 'knowing').
And do you have any advice about SoTM filters (about which I know nothing), where they are of most use, how to install them etc.
That should just about cover it! I am not really proficient in computing or hadrware, but I can follow instructions and can have a go at most things. I have installed RAM before, so have been inside a mini already, but I don't really know what I am looking at once inside.
Thanks in advance!
Alan
