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Mac mini graphics card broke
Mac mini graphics card broke









mac mini graphics card broke

You can boot and you will see refind taking place of the boot loading process. If yes, you currently know that exists an EFI partition and you have already copied all refind files to that place. I recommend rEFInd, it helped me a lot, and I always use it. To see if an app is using the higher-performance discrete GPU, open Activity Monitor and click the Energy tab. Without a properly working graphics card the OS is likely not functioning properly either. The OS graphical interface relies heavily on the graphic card and the graphic card memory buffers. Check if an app is using the dedicated GPU. A graphics card doesn't only drive the connected monitor, but performs all the graphical rendering regardless of the output device. Learn which integrated GPUs your Mac might have. The graphics cards currently in use appear next to Graphics. 2011 Mac mini GPU failed (Radeon 6630M) - repair options mentions that swapping the logic board for less powerful one with integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 works and would be more reliable.

mac mini graphics card broke

This issue seems to be common with this discrete graphics card.

#Mac mini graphics card broke install#

You need to boot your windows but prior to that you need to run this damn commands before, so my recommendation is to first of all INSTALL a better bootloader. To see which graphics cards are in use, choose Apple ( ) menu > About this Mac. The discrete AMD Radeon 6630M GPU in my mid 2011 mac mini is stopping reboot. where /dev/disk0s1 is your EFI partition that was listed on first command.įor mounting on Windows, Open prompt with administration privilegies and: mountvol S: /S.Sudo mount -t msdos /dev/disk0s1 /Volumes/efi This partition usually exists on a Mac/Windows (if installed using EFI option), and you don't see it, unless you mount it.

mac mini graphics card broke

If you are not used about what is an EFI, I will try my explanation: It's a new way to boot systems, you have a partition on disk for that and a bunch of small EFI programs. First of all, worked perfectly, but it was painful for me to understand what's going on under the hood.įirst, this solution worked for me on a Windows 10 with Macbook 5,2 (White/2009)











Mac mini graphics card broke