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The Merged Hackintosh Thread

What describes you?

  • No way would I build a hackintosh

    Votes: 349 23.0%

  • I'd consider it if Apple doesn't provide a new Mini or headless iMac in the next three months

    Votes: 185 12.2%

  • I'm considering it right now

    Votes: 578 38.2%

  • I already built one

    Votes: 403 26.6%
  • Total voters
    1,515
i have decided to attempt to reinstall OSX 10.6 server onto my Hackintosh. G31 mobo + E6400. i am using boot132 + 10.6.0 server installed on a flash drive (mount point 83 in boot132). i put in boot132 and select 83 to boot, then mode -v.

Loading HFS+ file: [mach_kernel] from 4232f00.

this is where it hangs, from here i cant get any further. any ideas or suggestions?
 
NoSmokingBandit said:
do you have FakeSMC.kext installed? I think not having that would cause that error.
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it's all vanilla at the moment, how would i get FakeSMC.kext installed? as in, where do i put it - onto the OSX install Flash Drive?

ill add, this problem is identical with the client version of OSX.

edit: oh, there is an Extensions inside BOOT132 itself? im having trouble converting the DMGs into .img haha

edit edit: SUCCESS! i have successfully got 10.6.0 server running using this guide/files. :) any questions dont hesitate to ask.
 
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My success story:

Specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
ASUS P5QL-PRO Motherboard (modded BIOS)
4GB RAM DDR2 800MHz
NVIDIA 9600GT 512MB PCI-E
SATA HDDs and DVD Burner

Install method:
Custom boot CD + Retail Snow Leopard

Kexts used:
FakeSMC v3 (+plugins: ACPIMonitor.kext; IntelCPUMonitor.kext; IntelThermal.kext; NVClockX.kext)
IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext (fix orange HDD icons)
DeviceMergeNub.kext (makes my DVD Burner look like an Apple Shipping drive)
AttansicL1eEthernet v1.0.1b0
VoodooHDA v0.2.56

What works:
Sleep, Restart, Shut down
Native Power Management (C-STATE and SpeedStep)
Sound (output + input)
Time Machine

What does not work:
DVD Burning (CD burning totally works. This one's a weirdo)

The setup is being seen as a MacPro3,1 , with a legit computer serial no.
 
DoFoT9 said:
my NIC is limited to 11.7MB/s on mine. anybody know of a kext/driver for the G31-ES2L? i cannot find any!
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I ended up fixing this not long ago, full gigabit now :)

rossgumbrell said:
This is what im ordering from ebuyer right now.
im uk based.
using this guide:
http://lifehacker.com/5672051/how-to-build-a-hackintosh-mac-and-install-os-x-in-eight-easy-steps

whats a good graphics card to get off the ebuyer site preferably for under £100
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It always best to go for something supported by apple, 5850 or similar. But I am sure that the newer cards would be fully supported by now anyway.

The 9500GT is decently priced, maybe go for that?
 
DoFoT9 said:
I ended up fixing this not long ago, full gigabit now :)


It always best to go for something supported by apple, 5850 or similar. But I am sure that the newer cards would be fully supported by now anyway.

The 9500GT is decently priced, maybe go for that?
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Just realised the screenshot never attached?

This is what is on my list at the moment, and before i shell over £900, i just wanted to make sure there was nothing i was missing, or if i had something on the list that would cause me problems during the installation process.

Antec Sonata III V2 Case - With 500W PSU - £92
ASUS P7P55D-E PRO iP55 Socket 1156 8 Channel Audio USB3 ATX Motherboard - £150
Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHz Socket LGA 1156 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £240
Gigabyte GT 240 1GB GDDR3 DVI HDMI Out PCI-E Graphics Card - £70
G-Skill 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 - £100
OCZ 120GB Vertex 2 SSD 3.5" SATA-II - £175
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS-RK 500GB SATAII - £45
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA Optical Drive - £10

All prices listed are roughly rounded.
Hoping to get this ordered before next week and just needed a hackintosh 'pro' to have a quick look through the list and see if i will have any incompatibilities etc.

Already have a copy of SL from my MacBook. :D

:apple::apple::apple:
 
DoFoT9 said:
hmm i see 2 possible things that may go wrong

not so sure how well that will go, had you researched it?


is it a gray install disk? if so, thats ONLY made for your macbook model - it isnt a disk suitable to install onto any mac :(
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http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.6.5#NVIDIA

Thats says it should work, looks like a relatively easy one to do with support for dual screens through dvi and hdmi.

Anyway, i decided to make the purchase.
Will note of installation process and geekbench score for future referece for other uk based people.
 
Wild-Bill said:
Wow, a Geekbench of 7100. That's pretty impressive, considering my Mac Pro at stock scored 7325. After upgrading to 6 gigs of RAM and throwing in a Raptor my score is now 7793.

Congrats on your Hackintosh. I had a Tiger Hackintosh on my older AMD hardware. I bought the Mac Pro because I always wanted one, and I didn't feel like tinkering this time around. I'd been building my own PC's for years and just didn't want the hassle this time around.

The OSX86 scene has come a long way over the last year.
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I've got you both beat, 7891, and that my friends, is with a $1,200 PC. How much did you spend on that Pro again?

-John
 
Besides the fact that it is against the EULA (i.e., Hackintoshers are being complicit in copyright infringement), it just isn't even worth it from a pragmatic viewpoint. It may seem reliable for a little while, but eventually you are going to run into many inexplicable kernel panics. If you want that kind of frustration, you are just better off switching to Windows.
 
Mactrillionaire said:
Besides the fact that it is against the EULA (i.e., Hackintoshers are being complicit in copyright infringement), it just isn't even worth it from a pragmatic viewpoint. It may seem reliable for a little while, but eventually you are going to run into many inexplicable kernel panics. If you want that kind of frustration, you are just better off switching to Windows.
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Although I've been "hackintoshing" for a while without any inexplicable kernel panics or problems, I agree. For me, it's more of a "see if I can do it" situation. However, I know many folks who have had a hackintosh running for years without problems, and it's appealing, I have Mac pro performance at half the price. Apples lineup is limited and expensive.
 
I built my first Hackintosh to see if I could do it using an Atom/Intel combination. It worked so well that I was encouraged to make a build using an Intel Core2Duo 2.8 GHz. Both have Leopard installed as well as Windows XP Professional on the second HD.

My latest is a Core i7 Quad with a powerful video card. I built it primarily to run X-Plane 9, and it has performed admirably. I have a vanilla install of Snow Leopard 10.6.3 on HD1, Snow Leopard 10.6.4 on HD2 and Windows 7 64 bit on HD3.

All three systems run very well without problems. Although I was surprised about the rock solid reliability, I will not complain, because they have been more dependable than my real Macintosh computers.
 
el-John-o said:
Although I've been "hackintoshing" for a while without any inexplicable kernel panics or problems, I agree. For me, it's more of a "see if I can do it" situation. However, I know many folks who have had a hackintosh running for years without problems, and it's appealing, I have Mac pro performance at half the price. Apples lineup is limited and expensive.
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Not really. You don't get Xeon performance unless you pay for a Xeon processor. Not even an Intel Core i7 overclocked at 4GHz comes anywhere near some of the more powerful Xeon processors in terms of performance. You certainly do have to worry about reliability from the overclocking, though. The Xeon is not a cheap processor; however, you are not going to get Xeon performance unless you pay for it. Sure, Apple may make a lot of money on padding margins in custom order options, but you would be hard pressed to find a better value for the same price as the base models in other computers. To me, it is about changing the mindset. If you want top of the line computing performance then you had better be prepared to pay for it. On the other hand, if you want a Mac, but are not concerned about maxing out all of the custom order options, you will still find a tremendous value. So, the main thing to do when it comes to Apple is to avoid paying too much for the extras (i.e., choose your extras wisely or get them from a third party if you must have them).
 
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I'm thinking of building a hackintosh another soon. I've had a macbook for 3 years now (ran osx86 on an hp desktop before that). I'm a mech eng student and next year will be my final year, so I'll have a huge project to do. I really don't want to do it on my macbook.

So, I want to dual boot it but I'll need a beast of a graphics card. Okay, not really a beast, just a workstation card. As I'll be running solidworks (CAD) and some 3d rendering software. Also, the boost will be nice for some computational software.

Anyhow, I was thinking of getting a Quadro 600, but my big question is, is it supported in OSX86 right now? I can't really find much info, it's not that popular of a card and it's pretty new. But I know nVidia released some drivers for the 4000. They aren't in the same league but do you think it would work?

I wouldn't really need the quadro in os x as I'll mostly be doing some daily stuff and music production in there. But it would simplify things quite a bit.
 
Mactrillionaire said:
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You do realize that recent Xeons are simply i7s with ECC support and a few other goodies thrown in, right? Simply calling it a Xeon doesn't make it magically faster – my i7 hackintosh is faster than my Mac Pro any day of the week.

You might not get Xeon reliability, but you can easily get as good or better performance for less.

paolo-: workstation cards aren't really all that common in hackintoshes, you're better off looking for a reliable non-workstation card to use. Not saying you can't, just saying you won't have nearly as much support it you choose to go that route.
 
Mackilroy said:
paolo-: workstation cards aren't really all that common in hackintoshes, you're better off looking for a reliable non-workstation card to use. Not saying you can't, just saying you won't have nearly as much support it you choose to go that route.
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Thanks for the answer. From what I have read, it's not possible to SLI a quadro card with a standard GeForce. Which sucks a bit because I won't be able to use the power of both cards at once. but worse, I'd have to physically change where my monitors are connected.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10110&cs_id=1011004&p_id=4069&seq=1&format=2 should do the trick but that would be 60$ just to switch monitor without have to get behind my computer. :rolleyes:

Also could someone tell me if I have two graphics card in the system, how would mac os choose which card it would try to use?
 
With a hackintosh you'd have to do a little fiddling to use two GPUs, but once you've got them set up, there's nothing else to do – whichever GPU the display is hooked up to is the one that will get used.
 
Apperently it runs very well...

Actually, EVERYONE who has built a hackintosh says that it runs BETTER than on an actual mac. You can still do all the software updates and everything works just like a real mac. There's a lot of hacking involved, but everyone who has done it says that it works better than a real mac. That's understandable, as everyone who has done this chooses the really super fast types of processors and super fast memory, better than apple's 4 year old hardware (sorry, but core 2 duo is soooooo 4 years ago!!)

If apple keeps on releasing crap OS's (sorry but I really don't like snow leopard, and I don't think lion will be better, sorry, but I don't want ios on my mac. Please steve jobs, keeps ios separate from osx. anyway, I digress) then I will probably build a hackintosh when I am older and have time for it.

I mean, yah, you do pay a premium when you buy a mac, and the price is mostly just because of the build quality, but is it really all that neccessary just to have "the world's thinnest notebook" or the world's "thinnest all in one"? I suppose if you consider a mac an art piece AND a computer at the same time. Actually, I am majoring in industrial design in college and I eventually would love to be on apple's design team, if I meet the right people and network accordingly.
 
applemagic123 said:
Actually, EVERYONE who has built a hackintosh says that it runs BETTER than on an actual mac. You can still do all the software updates and everything works just like a real mac. There's a lot of hacking involved, but everyone who has done it says that it works better than a real mac. That's understandable, as everyone who has done this chooses the really super fast types of processors and super fast memory, better than apple's 4 year old hardware (sorry, but core 2 duo is soooooo 4 years ago!!)

If apple keeps on releasing crap OS's (sorry but I really don't like snow leopard, and I don't think lion will be better, sorry, but I don't want ios on my mac. Please steve jobs, keeps ios separate from osx. anyway, I digress) then I will probably build a hackintosh when I am older and have time for it.

I mean, yah, you do pay a premium when you buy a mac, and the price is mostly just because of the build quality, but is it really all that neccessary just to have "the world's thinnest notebook" or the world's "thinnest all in one"? I suppose if you consider a mac an art piece AND a computer at the same time. Actually, I am majoring in industrial design in college and I eventually would love to be on apple's design team, if I meet the right people and network accordingly.
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I really doubt that Apple would hire someone who has such a negative attitude toward their products.
 
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