Help with Mac Mini issue
Hi guys,
I recently installed a SSD into my 2012 mini, which I brought new about a week ago. Everything went well and it was a direct hard drive swap so the motherboard was not removed. I am currently using a Cool master Quick fire mechanical keyboard and a Corsair M60 mouse, which were left over from my PC (which I do plan to replace)
Anyway, I had an issue with both this keyboard and mouse when the mini went to sleep. All lights on them turned off and neither would wake the system. I had to unplug them and plug them back in for them to work.
Furthermore, when I powered the system off and back on to do further testing, the mac just stayed on a grey boot screen and the lights and the keyboard and mouse lights were flashing randomly. Then system never booted and I turned it back off and on again, and same thing.
It was only then when I removed the ac adapter from the mini for 10 seconds, and plugged it back in that everything started to work as normal.
What could be causing this? I was extremely careful installing the SSD and everything runs amazing when I am actually using OS X.
When you removed the AC power it was the same as a SMC reset which can fix many issues. Also try to do a PRAM reset which is another fix that often works. Does not sound like an SSD issue (I also have a 2012 with SSD I installed and all OK). No experience using your keyboard and mouse as I use Apple Magic Mouse and Logitech keyboard.
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> If you view the main page you will see that our
background is 2 shades of
> orange.. if you look at the line that divides those
colors to the right and
> left you wil notice that the line is higher
>
> if you notice that it seems that there is another
background on top of the
> first one..its the only thing i can think of..
>
> the only place where the image is being referenced is in
this CSS style
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> html, body
>
> {
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> min-height:100%;
>
> margin-bottom:1px;
>
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>
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>
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