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<blockquote data-quote="macwise" data-source="post: 1415173" data-attributes="member: 187838">It seems that the lithium battery may have been bad since I had to keep resetting the date and time, I just replaced it and I have the Mini on and I'm waiting to see what happens, after talking to my wife we don't believe it had sound when we bought it, we bought it on ebay and at the time the issue was that it would not boot, we reinstalled the system on&nbsp; an external HDD and the problem was solved, bit&nbsp; it turns out the HDD interface controller is weak where the HDD connects we at first thought it was the drive at first and replaced it only to find the problem was not solved, so while that was an issue we don't know if it was connected with the audio ribbon I seem to remember finding the ribbon disconnected when I first opened it up and I tried to place it back in and the end sheared, so who knows really.I just found a guide <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-Mac-mini-Model-A1176-Audio-Board/1113/1#.T91e-WDw18F" target="_blank">Installing Mac mini Model A1176 Audio Board - iFixit</a> on IFIXIT that guides you in changing the audio card, I guess that's the only way to change the cable, now finding a audio card will be tricky since it's OEM unless I find a parts mini on ebay I don't think I will be able to replace it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="macwise, post: 1415173, member: 187838"] It seems that the lithium battery may have been bad since I had to keep resetting the date and time, I just replaced it and I have the Mini on and I'm waiting to see what happens, after talking to my wife we don't believe it had sound when we bought it, we bought it on ebay and at the time the issue was that it would not boot, we reinstalled the system on an external HDD and the problem was solved, bit it turns out the HDD interface controller is weak where the HDD connects we at first thought it was the drive at first and replaced it only to find the problem was not solved, so while that was an issue we don't know if it was connected with the audio ribbon I seem to remember finding the ribbon disconnected when I first opened it up and I tried to place it back in and the end sheared, so who knows really. I just found a guide [url=http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-Mac-mini-Model-A1176-Audio-Board/1113/1#.T91e-WDw18F]Installing Mac mini Model A1176 Audio Board - iFixit[/url] on IFIXIT that guides you in changing the audio card, I guess that's the only way to change the cable, now finding a audio card will be tricky since it's OEM unless I find a parts mini on ebay I don't think I will be able to replace it. [/QUOTE]

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