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    quinterro replied to the thread Mac Mini.
    After the fun of trying to get an old CanoScan LIDE 70 to work, I may partition the drive and install Mountain Lion. This appears to be...
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    quinterro replied to the thread Mac Mini.
    Couldn’t resist upgrading Mac OS to Catalina so things like Steam, Chrome, Firefox and Visual Studio Code would install. I’m tempted to...
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    quinterro replied to the thread Mac Mini.
    SSD and 8 GB memory are installed, El Capitan installed. Now installing updates. Once the updates are done I’ll install the cover.
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    quinterro replied to the thread Mac Mini.
    The USB installer worked. Unfortunately since it is using the original mechanical hard disk it takes 30 minutes after rebooting to...
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    quinterro replied to the thread Mac Mini.
    The original hard disk and memory sticks are back in and it's booting..... slowly. I'm guessing the reason the screen was white with...
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    quinterro replied to the thread Mac Mini.
    Memory and SDD installed. It bongs, but stays on a gray screen. I’ll put the original 4GB back in and see if it gets any further.
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    quinterro replied to the thread PowerMac G4!.
    Today I received a pair of OWC 512MB DDR modules, bringing it up to 1.75GB. Apparently someone bought them a long time ago, opened the...
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    quinterro replied to the thread Mac Mini.
    Today I received the Mac Mini’s older brother: a 2009 Mac Mini. For some reason I can’t use internet restore to install 10.11. I have...
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    quinterro replied to the thread PowerMac G4!.
    It’s the original ATI Radeon 9000 AGP video card.
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    quinterro replied to the thread PowerMac G4!.
    After applying the update to 10.4.11, booting to Tiger results in a black screen
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    quinterro replied to the thread PowerMac G4!.
    Verified that the startech.com adapter works with Mac OS 9. The fan is much louder than it is running Tiger.
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    quinterro replied to the thread PowerMac G4!.
    Unfortunately I don't know the answer to that yet. Mac OS 9 hasn't been installed, and I assume when I partitioned the SSD that I didn't...
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    quinterro replied to the thread PowerMac G4!.
    Now that the SATA -> Molex adapters have arrived, the power supply can now be secured in the case. It doesn’t look pretty, but it’s...
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    quinterro replied to the thread PowerMac G4!.
    Removed all of the ATX extension cables routed to one of the back slots on the G4. The SFX power supply is now sitting on top of the...
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    quinterro replied to the thread PowerMac G4!.
    The SFX power supply arrived today. Compared to the ATX power supply that was connected to it, it's really small. Unfortunately, the SFX...
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