2010/2/12 Kris Tilford <[email protected]> > >> I own a similar Mini. I will make some recommendations based upon my > experiences. First, I'd strongly recommend you overclock the 1.25 GHz to > 1.42 GHz. I've never heard of a 1.25 GHz that wouldn't safely overclock, and > the modification is relatively easy
I don't think the overclock is so easy..probably I should search of an expert solder man :D > . Second, I think that Tiger 10.4.11 is the optimal OS for the G4 Mini. You > can run Leopard 10.5.8, but it will be about 15-20% slower than Tiger > 10.4.11. This is true for all PPC Macs; whereas the reverse is true for > Intel Macs, they're faster with Leopard. I had kept Tiger even after Leopard, but I had had some problems with Remote control from my Leopard & Snow Leopard MacBook Pro. So I put Leopard in it, and I had no problems. If you give me any config suggestions I'm happy to reinstall Tiger. > Great. Nice drive. I assume you're booting from this HD? > > Yes, I'm booting from it. > I STILL don't understand? WHERE is the SATA drive? Are we talking about an > external Firewire or USB SATA drive enclosure? If the SATA HD is in a USB > enclosure this is NOT bootable in the G4 Mini, you need an Intel Mini to be > able to boot USB. Otherwise, you can't use ANY SATA HD internally in the G4 > Mini unless you have some sort of adapter. Are you using some sort of > internal SATA-to-PATA/IDE adapter? > Sorry, my english is terrible. I put a PATA to SATA adapter in place of the superdrive. I know that I can't boot from USB but only from FireWire. It's a chinese made adapter MCE Optibay like, I've found it on eBay. Any other questions? :) Nicholas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
