⟐ Answered October 04, 2025 at 14:00 MST

I recently cleaned it all out, repasted the CPU and added an SSD. Just worried about the old thermal pad for graphics.

Would be worth replacing it with a Gelid thermal pad? It looks really thin, would a 0.5mm fit?

I still use it for retro gaming, snd my iPod classic, and just want to stay alive for longer.

⟐ Commented February 14, 2025 at 11:07 MST

I have checked the hard drive and only 15 GB has been used,

The total size of the pictures file is 516GB, so I think that there should be adequate room.

 I thought that it could be  the fault of an interrupted Hard Drive

⟐ Answer accepted November 09, 2023 at 10:53 MST

I need a second opinion before I buy more ram

⟐ Commented February 24, 2023 at 11:18 MST

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⟐ Commented November 30, 2022 at 6:57 MST

Does anyone know where I can get the right wireless interface board for the G4 Mini models? I'd like to be able to have some kind of connectivity for my Mac Mini; it's in a room away from my router and I can't be running cables too much at all.

⟐ Answered October 14, 2022 at 20:57 MST

on startup i get following when pressing 'C

It may be keyboard ?? but eject key on keyboard can't even get dvd out.. it look like bar is in the way (as a test he inserted card in slot to see it it was possible for clearance to eject, but was blocked, but i assumed when key (or left mouse button pressed) should move the bar and disc ejects right?

Install disc (grey one) is in, so that's good at least.

This 'purple screen' with two icons would be some issue i never seen before.

In both cases, F12 doesn't work, eject key doesn't work (keyboard issue??) no caps lock lock light up neither, just to confirm.

and left mouse button doesn't work ...(confirmed mouse works though as you can click these icons (which doesn't appear to do anything)

Initially when the screen above appears the pointer is more of a clock counting down, as if its waiting period,.... the screen capture was done after this point, when you see pointer.

I'm not familiar with Mac mini 2006 that old, so i'm at a loss, but can only guide him based on emergency startup keys etc of current

He put the phone up to the mac, and sounded like disc was spinning which is good sign anyway, so something else has got problems.

the drive was defective, that's why it was replaced. but what is the reason for the above screenshot?

⟐ Answer accepted June 16, 2022 at 2:57 MST

Let me know what you think. I have 1GB installed currently on my 1.5GHz 10.4.11 Mac mini.

⟐ Commented April 27, 2022 at 8:47 MST

i hear the start up noise

and all i get is a blue screen

⟐ Answered November 16, 2021 at 0:18 MST

⟐ Commented November 13, 2021 at 14:10 MST

⟐ Commented May 16, 2021 at 19:06 MST

I attached the picture with the capacitor location highlighted in green…

⟐ Edited by author March 18, 2021 at 9:59 MST

i have recently bought this machine off ebay, from a seller stating he couldnt test the machine, so sold as faulty no returns.

machine clearly shows signs of spillage. bottom of the motherboard is corroded at two corners, a lot of contacts almost invisible under the layer of rust...

now, knowing, that this is probably beyond repair, what would you recomend me to try, to get rid of rust? alcohol? isopropyl? "whatever-you-call-it-conntact-cleaner"?

i dont even know, if anything else is working, i have basically gutted machine i need to get working... i probably could salvage superdrive, anything else is missing. no hdd, no wificard, no bluetooth module...

i know, motherboards are quite resistant to spillage (i know, stupid idea), having two, which survived spillage, could this one be salvaged as well?

thanks for ideas, sugestions or offers...:D:D:D

⟐ Answered April 24, 2020 at 22:42 MST

Because the hard drive has been wiped I will have to reconstitute it myself,  any tips !

⟐ Answer accepted August 19, 2019 at 9:11 MST

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⟐ Answer accepted December 27, 2018 at 15:22 MST

I have reinstalled Leopard but the page requesting Password and then Master Password opens straight away and then refuses my Passwords.

Should this happen after reinstalling Leopard? I may not have done it properly.

I thought that I would have the option to renew passwords at this stage and in key chain also.

⟐ Answer accepted November 01, 2018 at 10:49 MST

My Keyboard is Qwerty so I tried to use the Windows Key on my keyboard  instead of Clover Leaf Command,, unfortunately no response,

⟐ Answered November 01, 2018 at 3:47 MST

⟐ Answered August 16, 2018 at 16:41 MST