In this video, I go over the process of repairing an M2 Mac Mini that has had every single one of its ports intentionally damaged. I have no idea why such a thing would have been done to this machine, but it is not the first time I have seen one damaged in this way (on eBay, at least). To accomplish this repair, I utilized a set of ports from an A12Z-based DTK Mac Mini, which are identical to those used on the M2 (and M1) Mac Mini.
0:00 Intro
2:52 Close look at damage
4:42 Sourcing a donor set of ports
5:17 Desoldering donor ports
9:12 Desoldering damaged ports
10:00 Cleaning solder from boar
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13:45 Installing donor ports
18:44 Initial testing
21:10 Final assembly and conclusion
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