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Thanks @herd. Appreciate your insights and opinions - however I did ask specifically about “stock” 1.33 GHz G4 minis and not for any G4 Minis “set” or overclocked to 1.33 GHz. Perhaps additional clarification was necessary? The 1.33 GHz model AND the 1.5 GHz are members of the 10,2 Family -...

A question for those that may have one of these specific, stock G4 Mac minis. 1.33 GHz Mac Mini ONLY Q: Is there a resistor present at the R52 location (under the heatsink)? Resistor location red-dotted here on a 1.25 GHz Mac mini. And if you’ve ever removed (or tried to...

Here’s a TransMac / Windows approach: http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,6699.0.html But instead of using the OS 9.2.2 image, you’d use a Tiger ISO. https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/mac-osx-mac-os-10-ppc (#32) I begin OS X installs on G4 Minis here with 10.4.6. [The original 1.42...

Thanks @Snial. “Mother is the necessity of invention”. Or that’s backwards? 😉 I like your case “vent” approach and my OCD would likely have had me and my dremel tool making very clean cuts nearly all the way to each surrounding top side… if I were concerned about the thing flopping around...

Ooops. Forgot to mention that the above results (other than the MDD and Seagate) are via a 1.42 GHz G4 Mac mini.

Big Congrats!!! And yes, the mSATA is a “little bit faster” than the conventional drives.:) From comparison testing that I’m currently working on that provides a one-number performance rating based upon QuickBench 2.0 results. Check the Seagate rating in lower right corner. AND would you...

Okay, perhaps even “weirder Plus”… the half-sized card mSata adapter (typically comes with a white case) will not run in a G4 Mac mini unless the little voltage selector is set to 5v. The “full-size” mSata adapter does not offer that option - but still functions fine. All pictured in #9 post...

The G4 Mac mini was never originally intended to install or run OS 9 - but can with the OS 9.2.2 Installer mentioned previously. http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,4365.0.html IF you only intend to install / run OS X, I’d begin with and try some version of Tiger… with the mSata +...

You mean other than what I assume to be a missing voltage regulator on the left one?

Perhaps I misunderstood. You’re trying to do this externally via USB, using the interface outlined in red… versus internally, connected to the G4’s internal riser? (Similar Mac Mini C2D riser shown in my example.) If your plan is to use the mSATA and adapter inside of the G4 Mac Mini, then...

I usually initialize, format and partition using Drive Setup 2.1 from the OS 9 installer disc http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,4365.msg30502.html#msg30502 and then reboot and install 10.4.6 afterwards… using Disk Utility to reformat the 2nd partition before installing OS 10.4.6...

Trag said: “There is apparently a very long thread about this very topic with respect to the Mac Mini over on OS9 Lives. I saw it referenced in another thread, but there wasn't a link, so if someone hunts it down, I'd love to see a link.” That link / thread… begins here...

I believe that the “stock” Apple copper heatsinks from the 1.42 GHz MDD FW800 are the best… but I have a loose pair of the “finned” stainless steel MDD heatsinks AND a solid aluminum one if you’d be interested in either of those two types. But as far as any ”aftermarket” heatsinks… sorry, I...

Thanks reid, have passed along your idea. MDD owner is out of town away from machine for holiday and efforts shall be renewed, likely on the 4th.

Thanks jeremywork! "As far as I know all of the FW400 boards should be capable. This lends credence to the non-standard firmware theory. Has a CPU upgrade (especially a faster one, 1.7GHz+) been installed in the past? Some of those require aftermarket firmware which needs nvram patches active...

Misread? (I do that all the time.)😉 Still, appreciate all efforts/input here. Someone might come up with something we have not yet tried. Major stumbling block with this little adventure is that none of the downloaded and burned OS 9 installer discs will boot this MDD. And the optical drive...

If you read down through those specs for that serial number from EveryMac, there’s this: While his board is identical to one that I have, his Boot Rom version & firmware are also the same as mine. Only difference is that mine is a 1.25 DP - whereas his is an SP. AND yes, have also tried...

From 512pixels.net... https://512pixels.net/2016/11/lazarus-mac-mdd-g4/ “It came in two CPU configurations, single or dual 1.25 GHz; with 256 MB of DDR RAM and a 12X Combo Drive. Hard disk capacity started at 80 GBs; with Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar preinstalled. But what made the Power Macintosh G4...

And no - it is not an MDD FW800 model. (Nor does it have a FW800 mobo.) Have tried various “solutions” with this machine located inside the Russian Federation. And with current international sanctions in place, can’t send “things” (discs, drives, video cards etc.) to the machine’s owner. The...

Well, there is news. With great help from E.M. and C.A @OWC… the SW3 switch (under the heatsink) sets the core voltage of the CPU and is not to be set using the same switch settings as those provided in the chart (from the manual - like SW1 and SW2) for the dual processor version. Okay for SW1...