I did IT support for a small recording studio some time ago and I did install Pro Tools there.
So I looked in my archives and found Pro Tools HD 7.4 & 7.4.2.
I think 7.4 is the last for Tiger and 7.4.2 is Leopard only.

I uploaded them (and some cs Updates) to the Hotline Server.

Digital - exhaust air temperature readings from the seven minis above. ˚F temps first, then ˚C temps.

Thanks for the job!!

No increased fan speeds were noted here during all the above tests.

@aBc, how did you arrive at this conclusion? Did you measured it?

Well, I did. I pulled out my anemometer and run the test for some half an hour. I was too lazy to run it any longer. No display, no any activity, just Mini connected to power source.
Here are the results. 'Wind speed' directly at exhaust after:
* cold start - 2.9 knots
* after 15 minutes - 4.8 knots
* after 30 minutes - 5.8 knots
(No m/s, sorry. Where I use this tool we measure in knots).
This is indication to me that fan speed varies depending on temperature inside the Mini's case, hence what I said in my previous post remains valid.

@aBc, for your tests to be 100% valid, you have to measure the temperature and fan speed. Either indirectly, as I did with anemometer, or directly at fan with tachometer, frequency counter or voltmeter measuring voltage at fan connector. Then you will be able to correlate those two measurements and arrive at some conclusions.

Or, if you want to get away with temperature measurements only, you have to "hack" the Mini and feed the fan with constant voltage from some other connector/source. This is how they probably did it at Apple labs when designing the Mini and this is a scientific approach. Everything else is just "having fun with my Mini".

Over and out.

Digital - exhaust air temperature readings from the seven minis above. ˚F temps first, then ˚C temps.



“Analog” exhaust air temperature readings below, from the #5B mini.



The hacked-up “analog” thermometer placement:



More precisely:



Not too bad for an “analog” thermometer ($2.99) for those of you wanting to check your mini’s temps. And AGAIN, this isn’t so much about the various temperatures you might obtain from cold boot to 30 minutes - as much as it is whether or not your mini meets or exceeds 99˚ F (or 32.7˚C)  within the first 5 to 15 minutes of runtime after cold boot.

Need I describe the cutting / trimming procedure for the analog thermometer? PM me and if there’s enough interest, I’ll post those simple, easy instructions. Or maybe YOU will just get them?

Now there seems to be some question(s) regarding the validity of this approach based upon whether or not the fan might engage higher than basic speed during this test. BUT considering that the temperatures remain steady and so very similar throughout testing and even with different machine speeds and configurations… well (aBc blows raspberry). No increased fan speeds were noted here during all the above tests.

BUT, if your mini quickly ramps up noticeable fan speed soon after boot or during the 30 minute period @idle… well may be time to replace that heatsink paste and GPU thermal pad? Know of a better way to determine this without disassembly of the mini and removal of the heatsink? Please, do tell.

NOTE: #5 here did reach 99˚F at the 5 minute mark and then 109˚F at the 10 minute mark (and no audible increase in fan speed was noted). Quickly shut down and replaced the heatsink paste - to then obtain the temperatures noted above.

The more common ones are there, yes
Obscure releases is mainly what I'm affer

where's the big stash? archive.org?

Yeah, this is such a good resource on the topic. Thank you Mk.558 for putting in the hours! I've actually added a news item about it on our front page, so hopefully more people get to know it!

Yes I've seen this page before

Am still hoping for more hope in this regard,
Any sample cd that is unaccessible online or in my communities would be a blessing

i called them and asked if i could just pick up a G4 from them instead of shipping. im literally like 10-15 miles away from their location. then said they dont have a storefront and only do online sales etc. but its an actual business seemed legit.

hey all! back in the day i used to always be on macaddict forums, ive been missing those old days of being a smaller niche group of mac enthusiasts. How many on here were active members of the macaddict forums? and is there anything as active today as those forums were?