Mac Mini Power PC G4 1.5GHz issue

I received a Mac Mini Power PC 1.5GHz and for some reason it has an earlier OS X installed on it then what it originally came with. Right now it is running 10.3.9. Originally it came with a version of 10.4. I managed to get the original install DVD's for it but I cannot install them because they are bundled software and the Mac Mini doesn't realize it is a Mac Mini anymore because of the older OS being installed on it I believe. When I go to the "about this mac menu" it states that the computer is a PowerMac 10.2 and not a Mac Mini. I would really like to put the original software on it and get it sorted out but when I put the original install DVD in it says, "this software cannot be installed on this computer" and it is the right software, not the intel based software. Any ideas on how to restore this Mac Mini?

So I need what you have. These bundles seem pretty hard to come by. I have searched the web and haven't really found any sources for them.
If you call Apple support, they'll sell you a set for around $50. You may still be able to find a retail Tiger package for less than before Leopard came out, if you want to go that route. If you qualify for an educational discount, you might find a copy at a local university computer store.
I don't know if this additional information helps ... on the outside of the envelope containing the two discs, it says 2Z603-8387-A Mac mini Media; Multilingual. There's one other number on the other side of the bar code: PD11302005

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http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
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http://code.google.com/p/seamonkey-ppc/
PROJECT SITE:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/seamonkey-for-ppc
register for updates at the SourceForge seamonkey-for-ppc project page
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I wrote PMU instead of SMU.....in fact, mine is an Intel-based Mac, and PMU is present only in PowerPC Architecture.... ^_^
Sorry for my expression error.....:)
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Hmmm, very strange, could there be a ground loop where the OWC drive is plugged in?
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I have a Mac mini running OSX 10.5.8.
Today, I noticed that I couldn't access the Macintosh HD drive on the desktop as I did not have sufficient privileges. When I got-info on the drive, in sharing and permissions, I saw that "admin" suddenly had write-only privileges.
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   6. Type:
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   8. Type: reboot
   9. Press Return.
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1. Start up the computer in Single-User Mode.
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   3. Type: mount -uw /
   4. Press Return.
   5. Type: chmod 1775 /
   6. Press Return.
   7. Type: reboot
   8. Press Return.
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And, before the mount -uw you really should've done this...
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

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2. Boot from install disk and make a disk image of the volume (just in case)
3. Install the combo 10.5.8v1.1 updater
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Hoping someone can makes sense of this report.
My macmini 2012 has been rock stable. 8 gig, Yosemite install.
Yesterday I installed an 120GB Electra 6G SSD as a second drive. Installed a fresh install of Yosemite. Everythign went without a hitch. System ran for 24 hours with non problems. Began installing my software and twice I came back to find the mini had rebooted under the original hard rive/system with a message that the computer had shutdown due to a hardware issue.
Checking Disk Utility the OWC SDD doesnt' even come up.
Rebooting it show shows up again, I can then select it as the start up drive and reboot with the SDD. Everything seems fine. Then a repeat several hours later.
This is the last report. Can someone translate? I don't know if I have a bad SDD, if it's a comptability/OS issue or if I possibly knocked something loose when reassembling. Thanks.
Anonymous UUID: 0324BA3D-2238-F9DA-88F3-7A5EABC15FB3
Fri Feb 13 16:20:59 2015
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8020bc1694): "launchd died\nState at Last Exception:\n\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.10.72/bsd/kern/kern_exit.c:361
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff812aa73e50 : 0xffffff802072fe41
0xffffff812aa73ed0 : 0xffffff8020bc1694
0xffffff812aa73f40 : 0xffffff8020bc135c
0xffffff812aa73f50 : 0xffffff8020c4b386
0xffffff812aa73fb0 : 0xffffff8020836e86
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Mac OS version:
14C109
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thanks the replies. OWC sold me the kit, cable etc based on the Macmini's specs. I talked with support and the drive I installed should work with no issues.
They did have me reset the PRAM which did. They also told me I might need to install Yosemite 'several times before is sticks' - whatever that means. lol.
Anyway I zapped the PRAM. So far no mysterious restarts with the drive being unrecognized.
One thing I didn't mention though...
MacMini is in a backyard home office (about a 100 feet away with buried CAT6 cable connecting it to the network). I was using Screen Share from my MBP reinstall all my work software. Every crash occurred while using screenshare. I never had any crashes when I was actually sitting at the computer.
I don't know if that has anything to do with it - but I haven't used ScreenShare for any length of time to control the Mac mini since the pram zap. Figured I'll use the computer for a week or so and see how stable it is and then try using screenshare again and see if the behavior repeats itself.
Meanwhile I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I'm just suspect that it was a PRAM issue. But I'm a layman.

2010 Mac Mini power cord loose? and Abode flash player bad??

Just received new 2010 Mac Mini 2 days ago. It looks different and better features than old Mini I had.
I am happy with newer Mini.
Problem: The power cord loose and not good plug in.
Need replace newer the power cord. Who I should contact to or go apple store to replace?
Anyone use Abode Flash Player version into my new Mini because I watch Hulu.com a lot. I read some forum here and bad news about Abode Flash Player. Is true?
Any suggestions.
Thanks

COME ON

Mac Mini - Server running Lion - Network related issues

I have a mac mini running Lion. I am having a few issues that did not exist prior to an upgrade. But for the life of me, I can't figure it out.
The problems I'm having are as follows:
1. screen sharing times out. It works, then stops after a while. If I go in and uncheck, then recheck remote management, it'll work again, but only for a while.
2. neither the air port or the hardwired ethernet will obtain an ip via DHCP. Works fine once I put in a static, but will never obtain a dynamic address.
3. Homesharing on Itunes will turn off after a while, same as the screen sharing does..
4. Time Capsule is no longer found by the Mac Mini. My macbook pro see it no problem. It also keeps the itunes homeshare and can get DHCP addresses fine, so I know it's not a router issue that is causing the issues on the mac mini.
Thanks
James

well to be honest I wanted a server to run more aspects of what I do privately (rather tahn at work) rather than use hosted accounts from disparate hosted providers on line. In partcular wanted a mail server to handle multiple mail domains, wiki server, web sever as per mail server and I was interested in what they would provide for iphone ipad etc as I have a few that I wanted to link to a server rather than individual macs and pcs
I also thought that Apple might bring their abilities to creating a great UI for essentially linux operating systems to a server os.
from initial views though it might have been easier (cheaper) to go to ubuntu and just their server version of linux. Anyway I will persist - I will read through the stuff you guys have linked me to - colinsolutions appears to have aimed me at some useful stuff. Looks like a bigger "project" than i imagined - but I havent looked at UNIX since 1986 so if I have to get into the command line it wont kill me I am sure.
thanks for the input - if anyone else can suggets good resources that would be appreciated.
ps simon - i found that the name for the server with the .local extension is visibile from the mac via finder and allows me to connect to the shared folder. so my server is sdhome - the shared resource is sdhome.local ... not sure if this helps but...

MAC Mini & 2.5 USB Hard Drive Issue

Strange thing happening with a new MAC Mini:
For Christmas, I bought my wife a brand new MAC mini. Everything has been working fine. So, for our anniversary, I bought her a 120 gig USB hard drive (I know, I'm such a romantic
Anyway, ever since I hooked up the hard drive (USB Drive) to her system, it seems that when I first turn the MINI on, the keyboard and mouse completely stop working. once, I had to hold the power button in to hard boot it, then, when it restarted, everything was working fine again.
Tonight, when I turned the MINI on, it did the same thing. No keyboard or mouse. Then, after I hard booted it, the mini never booted up. Black screen. USB hard drive light was on, but, no MAC power light and screen was black.
Now, I just unplugged the USB drive and all is working fine again.
It seems that the USB hard drive being plugged in while powering the MINI up is giving me some grief.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what can be happening here? It is a brand new MINI with Leopard installed. I highly doubt I have a defective MAC because everything was fine until I plugged a USB HDD into it. With the drive unplugged, it seems that it works fine.
No Operating System(s) are on the USB drive. Just pictures and movie files.
Here is the drive I got her:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8110750
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
Gary

I'm sorry. I should have been more detailed in my description. It is a Toshiba drive. here are the specs:
The Toshiba HDDR120E02X 120GB Hard Drive is USB-powered and includes an internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology. Ready to go out of the box and certified to work with Windows XP and Vista as well as Mac OS 10.3.9 or later.
Technical Information
Storage Capacity
120GB
Drive Performance
Data Transfer Rate
480Mbps External Maximum USB 2.0
Interfaces/Ports
Interfaces/Ports
USB 2.0 USB
Physical Characteristics
Form Factor
External Hot-swappable Portable
Miscellaneous
Compatibility
USB 1.1
Plug n Play
I didnt have it hooked to the keyboard though. I have had some trouble trying that in the past, so, other than my mouse, nothing else is plugged into the keyboard.
Thanks again for your help.

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