An SSD upgrade video with benchmark tests of the Mac Mini G4 1.5GHz going from the stock 80 GB Hard Drive to a 256 GB mSATA SSD. iFixit Repair Guide: www.ifixit.com...
Thank you for this guide. I installed a m.sata in my G4 Mini and it’s so trippy booting into OS9 and *not* hearing a mechanical hard drive. Even Leopard is fairly usable with the SSD
What about changing the cd/rw drive ? My 2006 Mac Mini sounds like a wash machine every time I played a game on it at first. I am not sure if that was the hard drive or the cd. I have to wait until I buy another cinema display next week. The cinema display stopped working this past Saturday. I use the Mac Mini to play my older games like Diablo2.
I made those changes with an PATA to SATA adapter but my SSD isn’t recognized, do you have a solution or a specific accessory? Another problem I have is in C704 capacitor (closely to the processor backward from DVI port) that is broken...Do you know what are the main characteristics of it to change it? Thanks…
Sorry you are having issues with getting your PATA to SATA adapter to recognize your SSD drive. I have not had issues thus far using this adapter from eBay for several PowerPC based PowerBooks, iBooks, and the Mac Mini G4: www.ebay.com/itm/mSATA-to-2-5-PATA-IDE-SSD-Enclosure-Adapter-Case-9-5mm-Solid-State-Drive/301976528432?hash=item464f342630:g:7VsAAOSwmfhcHINP As for SSD's, I have successfully used several 1.8" mSATA Crucial and Samsung drives. As far as the capacitor, I have not had to replace any of those yet.
I had this issue that installing from DVD there was no disk to visible. Go in to Disk utility before selecting the language, the Disk showed up there,, so I tried to format it in Mac OS Extended journaled. It now comes up during the installation, but I have an error You cannot install Mac OSX on this volume, you cannot start up your computer using this volume, I am wondering if it is treating it as a volume and not a device that's the issue....if I figure it out, I'll re post here.
What is the improvements of using a CF card direct with the IDE Port with a simple Single CF-> IDE Adaptor? Something like a 1000X 64 or 128 GB CF Card from SanDisk. With a 100X CF Card on a Powerbook G3/G4, it just beats the mechanical hard drive and anything faster than that blows the hard drive out of the water; a 75X CF Card is about equal in speed to a mechanical hard drive.
No, you can use a hard driver larger than 256 GB. The Mac Mini G4 uses an Ultra ATA-100 (ATA-6) interface that theoretically supports up to 144PB. Mac OS X 10.4 and later support up to 8 Million TB. The logic board may have a limit that is much more realistic in size, but over 256GB should be easily doable. Interesting read here on hard drive size limits: lowendmac.com/2014/maximum-hard-drive-size/
From what I can see in the video, I bet he's using Amazon item B01GRMUQRG to adapt to an mSATA SSD. There's also B07Z67GX6W which is what I ordered since I have a M.2 SATA SSD (non NVMe) laying around and just need an adapter.
That is great! An SSD makes a nice performance boost for these older PowerPC based Macs. Это великолепно! SSD дает хороший прирост производительности для этих старых компьютеров Mac на базе PowerPC.
You should do a video covering how to install Home Assistant OS on an old Mac Mini with an SSD upgrade.
man you deserve like WAY MORE SUBS
Thank you for this guide. I installed a m.sata in my G4 Mini and it’s so trippy booting into OS9 and *not* hearing a mechanical hard drive. Even Leopard is fairly usable with the SSD
I just received the case for my own upgrade, thanks for the video.
Gotta love those Solid State Drive Drives
Really interesting. Nice vid ❤️
I love this video! Thank you :)
Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed the video. I appreciate your support.
What about changing the cd/rw drive ?
My 2006 Mac Mini sounds like a wash machine every time I played a game on it at first.
I am not sure if that was the hard drive or the cd.
I have to wait until I buy another cinema display next week.
The cinema display stopped working this past Saturday.
I use the Mac Mini to play my older games like Diablo2.
i love having an ssd in my dual 2.3 g5
Can we use a standart 2.5in SSD instead of the adaptor?
anyone tried transplanting a g4 mini into an unibody mac mini?
I made those changes with an PATA to SATA adapter but my SSD isn’t recognized, do you have a solution or a specific accessory?
Another problem I have is in C704 capacitor (closely to the processor backward from DVI port) that is broken...Do you know what are the main characteristics of it to change it? Thanks…
Sorry you are having issues with getting your PATA to SATA adapter to recognize your SSD drive. I have not had issues thus far using this adapter from eBay for several PowerPC based PowerBooks, iBooks, and the Mac Mini G4: www.ebay.com/itm/mSATA-to-2-5-PATA-IDE-SSD-Enclosure-Adapter-Case-9-5mm-Solid-State-Drive/301976528432?hash=item464f342630:g:7VsAAOSwmfhcHINP
As for SSD's, I have successfully used several 1.8" mSATA Crucial and Samsung drives.
As far as the capacitor, I have not had to replace any of those yet.
I had this issue that installing from DVD there was no disk to visible. Go in to Disk utility before selecting the language, the Disk showed up there,, so I tried to format it in Mac OS Extended journaled. It now comes up during the installation, but I have an error You cannot install Mac OSX on this volume, you cannot start up your computer using this volume, I am wondering if it is treating it as a volume and not a device that's the issue....if I figure it out, I'll re post here.
I wonder if you can install a mSata SSD on the WLAN port? 🤔 (the socket looks the same)
Good vid, thank you. Presumably the SSD 'looks' like a standard PATA disk regardless of the OS - would OS9 run on it?
Mac OS 9 does not work natively on these machines. There are workarounds though to install Mac OS 9, so it can be done.
What is the improvements of using a CF card direct with the IDE Port with a simple Single CF-> IDE Adaptor? Something like a 1000X 64 or 128 GB CF Card from SanDisk.
With a 100X CF Card on a Powerbook G3/G4, it just beats the mechanical hard drive and anything faster than that blows the hard drive out of the water; a 75X CF Card is about equal in speed to a mechanical hard drive.
What is the limitation on space? 256GB?
No, you can use a hard driver larger than 256 GB. The Mac Mini G4 uses an Ultra ATA-100 (ATA-6) interface that theoretically supports up to 144PB. Mac OS X 10.4 and later support up to 8 Million TB. The logic board may have a limit that is much more realistic in size, but over 256GB should be easily doable. Interesting read here on hard drive size limits: lowendmac.com/2014/maximum-hard-drive-size/
fantastic vid...
please try Classic or 9.x???
could you please provide links to the parts used?
From what I can see in the video, I bet he's using Amazon item B01GRMUQRG to adapt to an mSATA SSD. There's also B07Z67GX6W which is what I ordered since I have a M.2 SATA SSD (non NVMe) laying around and just need an adapter.
Is this mac usable to load music on an ipod and can it connect to a NAS?
У меня в iBook G4 так же диск ssd установлен 👍
That is great! An SSD makes a nice performance boost for these older PowerPC based Macs.
Это великолепно! SSD дает хороший прирост производительности для этих старых компьютеров Mac на базе PowerPC.
"SSD drive" is redundant.