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[kimurae]

- The ATAPI CD Drive does not work.
- It had no Hard Drive

- I managed to trick it via dd and open firmware to boot the MacOSLives Installer from a usb drive.
- It can install, I can move extensions to (disabled) on the target drive... it works.
- Anytime I booted onto the SSD it locks up after a few minutes.

I have tried:
- Resetting the PMU
- Zapping PRAM
- Replacing the VRM
- Swapping out the video card
- Installing onto another usb drive
- Adding a fan, adding thermal paste.
- I watched it with a thermal gun, and it only got up to 47 C

Nothing seems to work

The SSD I used is the OWC 128GB that comes with the Sata to IDE converted that makes the space in the cube oh so snug.

Any ideas?

[kimurae]

So... after lots of failed fiddling and attempts.... it seems to only work when the SSD is outside the machine.

I first tried some firewire enclosures, but they did not boot.

What did work however is:
Bought an IDE ribbon cable
And a SATA extension cable.
Routed the cables so the Sartech adapter is in the drive Bay Area, and the sata cable squeezes out between the VGA and ADC connectors, and thus I have "E-Sata"

[ssp3]

Nothing seems to work

The SSD I used is the OWC 128GB that comes with the Sata to IDE converted that makes the space in the cube oh so snug.

Any ideas?

If I understood you correctly in what you were trying to say, then:

1. Bad (as in badly designed) SATA to IDE adapter. Various were available, some were marginal. Search for posts by (S)ATAman regarding this matter.
2. Master/Slave/Cable select issue.
3. Incompatible SSD drive.

Worth trying, as alternative.
Delock (red PCB) mSATA to 44 pin IDE adapter with mSATA SSD (+44 pin to regular IDE adapter) in place of it.
Chinese green PCB JMicron chip based adapters are said to be problematic with older machines.
https://www.delock.com/produkt/62495/merkmale.html

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ssd-installation-in-my-cube.1846726/

If you have space problems
1. Small PCB mSATA to SATA adapter + SATA to IDE adapter.
2. Remove OWC drive's PCB from enclosure.

[kimurae]

... I just found out, it's actually a sonnet G4 1.2ghz, this was not in the eBay description.

Yay, a new can of worms

So, looking through the forum posts, if I'm using the 9.2.2 universal installer, can I rule out it being some firmware issue? It does boot, and I can actually have it run all night from the CD, but it locks up on any hard drive that has the OS installed, even when extensions are disabled, I thought it was a heating issue, but even with the HD outside the cube, it still locks up.



So, just to make sure, if the firmware was not installed, the Mac wouldn't boot at all right?

[kimurae]

Figured it out. I found a thread here that mentioned the Multiprocessor folder. I went and just moved all extensions to disabled, and then added back the ones needed. Has not froze since

I suspect it was the multiprocessor folder. I didn't realize "Extensions Off" still allowed some Extensions to remain on.

[chrisNova777]

Ha! was gonna post that info just now reading your thread that it's probably to do with the processor or temp sensor?