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I also have a StarTech adapter in my MDD G4 connected to a 120 GB SanDisk SSD. If I recall it is set to Cable Select. The adapter is connected to the ATA 66 bus since at the time it was installed I had to remove the drive cage that would connect to the ATA 100 cable. Works in OS 9 and Tiger...

For this particular model, there isn't a thermal sensor on the hard drive since it is a 2.5" laptop drive. I think the previous version used a 3.5" hard drive, which did have a sensor. The iMac has been maxed out with an i7-3770s, 16GB memory, and a 1TB SSD. The 120GB SSD part of the original...

Last week I got the Mac Mini’s big brother: a 2012 iMac 21.5”. The seller packed it so well I thought there was a mistake and they sent a larger model due to the amount of packaging. Currently it has an i5-3330s, 8GB of memory and a 1TB Fusion Drive. When I received it, the SSD and hard disk of...

The card almost looks like one of those ATI All-In-Wonder cards with a TV tuner. Don’t know if they made them for Macs for bot though.

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 the last version of MacOS supported by the drivers. The scanner worked with my Lombard, but was quite slow. The iBook G4 worked better, but sometimes the 1024...

Couldn’t resist upgrading Mac OS to Catalina so things like Steam, Chrome, Firefox and Visual Studio Code would install. I’m tempted to try Linux or Chrome OS Flex on it as well.

SSD and 8 GB memory are installed, El Capitan installed. Now installing updates. Once the updates are done I’ll install the cover.

The USB installer worked. Unfortunately since it is using the original mechanical hard disk it takes 30 minutes after rebooting to finish the installation. I’ll put the SSD in and try again later today.

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 the SSD in there was that it had Windows 10 on it. Still trying to reinstall El Capitan, getting an error message when it is loading installation information...

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.

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 box they came in but not the packaging of the memory modules.

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 2 4GB SO-DIMM modules and a 240 GB SSD to install to upgrade the 4GB and 250GB SATA hard disk currently installed. I have the feeling that by the time I’m done...

It’s the original ATI Radeon 9000 AGP video card.

After applying the update to 10.4.11, booting to Tiger results in a black screen

Verified that the startech.com adapter works with Mac OS 9. The fan is much louder than it is running Tiger.

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 tell it to install drivers for Mac OS 9. I do plan to wipe the drive and set it up properly to allow OS 9 and OS X to boot from it. Images for both have been...

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 not going to move either. I closed the side door, connected it to video and power and it works! Now all that remains is to replace the internal speaker. I...

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 optical drive bays and the case closes! The ATX and P4 power connectors are attached to the MDD-ATX adapter cable. I need to get some Velcro or 3M command strips...

The SFX power supply arrived today. Compared to the ATX power supply that was connected to it, it's really small. Unfortunately, the SFX power supply has no Molex power connectors. Despite the vast amount of cables I have lying around, I don't have any SATA to Molex power adapters. I have...

So far the StarTech.com adapter works well. However, they are close to $20 on Amazon.