Apple Wanted this DESTROYED...

Video Description

In this video, I go over the process of completely restoring an A12Z-based Apple Silicon Developer Transition Kit "DTK" Mac Mini that I got from China sold essentially as scrap. After many months of work, research, and testing, I was FINALLY able to fully restore one of these salvage DTK logic boards, and get it back up and running booting macOS! The culmination of all that work is shown here, as well as the process of making it into a complete DTK machine using a 2018 Mac Mini chassis and parts. All relevant files can be found here: http://dosdude1.com/files/dtk/ 0:00 Intro 2:34 Issues with the board 7:02 Repairing the cut 16:19 Initial board testing 19:10 Cleaning NAND landing pads 22:09 Installing missing NAND passive components 24:47 Programming a new NAND 28:30 Reballing and installing NAND onto DTK 31:12 Restoring macOS via DFU mode 33:29 First boot 34:20 Activation issues 36:03 Retrieving and programming original serial number 40:17 Successful activation and final testing 42:47 Power LED discovery 46:43 Final assembly and conclusion #applesilicon #macmini #repair