maybe you have to make it active in Disk Utility when you boot using the installation disc???
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The Merged Hackintosh Thread
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Tried F12, booted from it, hung on the apple logo with the box with the thing through it.
Read through the installation notes, vanilla kernel is default so i found myself repeating the same steps as above cause nothing could change.
Installed it (again
), sucessful, rebooted with disk, nothing, this time booted with verbose using F12 as nothing appeared with the cd in.
Hung repeating these lines
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
Said that a few times so i just imagine thats where it would hang.
Read through the installation notes, vanilla kernel is default so i found myself repeating the same steps as above cause nothing could change.
Installed it (again
), sucessful, rebooted with disk, nothing, this time booted with verbose using F12 as nothing appeared with the cd in.Hung repeating these lines
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
Said that a few times so i just imagine thats where it would hang.
Ok so i've given up on my PC and moved onto my Vaio Laptop. Its a VGN-C25 Specs are as folllows:
Destroyed Both partitions (The hidden one and the windows one), and repartitioned it using Disk Util. 1 partition of GUID type (Not Master Boot). Left vanilla kernel, couldn't work out what chipset driver to use (None said for 945PM), and selected the video one for my 7400.
Installing now. Last few installs failed :/
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General
Processor
Core 2 Duo
Processor number
T5500
Processor speed
1.66GHz
Motherboard chipset
Intel 945PM
Centrino
Yes
Memory/Storage
Amt of RAM
512 MB (max 2048 MB)
Hard drive
80 GB
Card Reader
SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro, xD
Optical drive
DVD writer
Connectivity
Ports
2 x USB2.0; FireWire; RJ45 (LAN); RJ11 (modem); VGA-out; S-video out
Bluetooth
Yes
Infrared
No
Ethernet
10/100
Modem
56K data/fax
Built-in devices
1 x ExpressCard slot
Wireless LAN
802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
Webcam
Yes
Display
Graphics hardware
Nvidia GeForce Go 7400
Amt of video RAM
256MB
Diagonal screen size
13.3 inch
LCD technology
Transflective TFT (widescreen)
Screen resolution (max)
1,280 x 800
Multimedia
Remote
No
DVD/MP3 without bootup
No
TV tuner
No
Sound hardware
Intel HD audio; 2 x speakers
Jacks
mic-in, earphone-outDestroyed Both partitions (The hidden one and the windows one), and repartitioned it using Disk Util. 1 partition of GUID type (Not Master Boot). Left vanilla kernel, couldn't work out what chipset driver to use (None said for 945PM), and selected the video one for my 7400.
Installing now. Last few installs failed :/
you do know that laptops are much more fickle than desktops to get osx86 on right? you have NO control over the components
Yeah i know, but i couldn't get it working on that HDD, and I have no idea why.
Anyway, as an update, it didn't work with those settings. Gunna try now with an older kernel perhaps?
Anyway, as an update, it didn't work with those settings. Gunna try now with an older kernel perhaps?
Tried F12, booted from it, hung on the apple logo with the box with the thing through it.
Read through the installation notes, vanilla kernel is default so i found myself repeating the same steps as above cause nothing could change.
Installed it (again
Hung repeating these lines
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
*Still waiting for root device*
Said that a few times so i just imagine thats where it would hang.
yea retry with a different kernel. what about iAtkos? have you considered that? the had the same problem as you when installing.
wow goodluck with that you will definately need it! finding out the type of wireless card, bluetooh etc is very hard and fiddly to do! i hope it works out for you.
Working flawlessly on my PC, thanks to DoFoT9!!
Many thanks mate, it has been a real roller coaster but i can sit back and enjoy, now
I think it is, anyway. I'd love to know how i'd test to see if this is really 1680x1050 tho, seems a little smaller than on Vista.
Many thanks mate, it has been a real roller coaster but i can sit back and enjoy, now
I think it is, anyway. I'd love to know how i'd test to see if this is really 1680x1050 tho, seems a little smaller than on Vista.
I am getting the itch to build another Hackintosh. A mobo that looks good is the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L.
Maybe I should wait a bit to see how the mobo with the integrated GeForce 9300 works out as a Hackintosh. Sound and LAN are no problem, but the graphics driver is needed. Has anyone heard anything about that? Since it is such a new integrated technology, it will take time, but no doubt, we will get it figured out.
Maybe I should wait a bit to see how the mobo with the integrated GeForce 9300 works out as a Hackintosh. Sound and LAN are no problem, but the graphics driver is needed. Has anyone heard anything about that? Since it is such a new integrated technology, it will take time, but no doubt, we will get it figured out.
I know, I want to build one for everyone. I just like doing it
How is the new GPU working out? Since I do not game, your original GPU type would probably work for me.
For what I do, I cannot see any difference between my integrated graphics GMA950 and my GeForce 8400M GS even though the 3D rating is 476 compared to 2655 for the 8400.
It comes in the mail today, so I'll post the results.
My integrated graphics card only gave me one (low) resolution. The 7200GS gave me a bunch of resolutions because it has more support.
BTW, I'll sell my 7200GS (with box and CD) for 40 bucks shipped if anyone is interested! (48 states)
Just thought I'd chime in here. I have two Hack systems right now. I've used Kalyway in the past but both of these systems are running iDeneb 1.3. Here are the specs.
Hack Pro
Q6600 @ 3.7GHz on air
GA-P35-DS3L
G.Skill 8GBs DDR2 800 (2GBx4)
MSI OC 8800GTX 768MB
Geekbench 2: 8122
Xbench (no disk): 336.36
iHack
E6300 @ 3.01GHz on air
GA-EP35-DS3R
G.Skill 4GBs DDR2 800 (2GBx2)
EVGA 8600GT 256MB
Hack Pro
Q6600 @ 3.7GHz on air
GA-P35-DS3L
G.Skill 8GBs DDR2 800 (2GBx4)
MSI OC 8800GTX 768MB
Geekbench 2: 8122
Xbench (no disk): 336.36
iHack
E6300 @ 3.01GHz on air
GA-EP35-DS3R
G.Skill 4GBs DDR2 800 (2GBx2)
EVGA 8600GT 256MB
FYI, New Egg has such a card for $29.99 with a rebate of $20 for a net price of $9.99. I am not sure if I should get one of those or the 8800GS.
Overall, I would prefer to make my next build with the integrated GeForce 9300. Maybe I should just go ahead and build that and load XP on it and play around to see if I can Hackintosh it.
10 bucks! lol, I guess I'll just keep it then
If you're not gaming too hard, the 7200GS works great, but I need to play CS:S at full settings!
Well, I'm fortunate enough to have a FIOS 50/20 connection and usenet access so it takes me about 10 minutes. I usually get roughly 1GB/3min.
Took me 20 mins with usenet too, using news.astraweb.com account and AltBinz for my download client. Are there any usenet clients for Mac's?
Btw, only one out of my 3 DVD drives are working at the moment. Gunna do an Xbench on it in a sec to see how it goes, might even jack up the ram over the weekend
Btw, only one out of my 3 DVD drives are working at the moment. Gunna do an Xbench on it in a sec to see how it goes, might even jack up the ram over the weekend
Took me 20 mins with usenet too, using news.astraweb.com account and AltBinz for my download client. Are there any usenet clients for Mac's?
Btw, only one out of my 3 DVD drives are working at the moment. Gunna do an Xbench on it in a sec to see how it goes, might even jack up the ram over the weekend
How does usenet work? Do I have to pay for it? What are some good windows/mac clients?
Took me 20 mins with usenet too, using news.astraweb.com account and AltBinz for my download client. Are there any usenet clients for Mac's?
Btw, only one out of my 3 DVD drives are working at the moment. Gunna do an Xbench on it in a sec to see how it goes, might even jack up the ram over the weekend
I have an account with giganews. They keep a really long history of binaries. I think it's up to 240 days now or something. Unison is the usenet client I use. I haven't tried any others. I like it a lot. On the Windows side of things there some good usenet clients but most of them combine lots of functions and I like the simplicity of Unison. I find the most other usenet clients for Windows and OSX have archiving and par2 repair tools built in. I don't like that. I like decompressing and repairing binaries myself. I just like knowing what's going on. For that reason I like Unison because all it does is allow you to view newsgroups and download binaries. It doesn't try to do anything else.
Gunna try unison on my HackPro later tonight. Alt binz is the best for windows hands down, try get 0.3.7 i think thats what it is, its .0.2 more than the latest release on the website.
I tend to just use binsearch.info or tvnzb.com for my NZB files. Can i just drag into unison, or double click the nzb?
on astraweb its good cause u pay one-off, not monthly, and it never expires. Cost me 20 i think, for 110gb.
I tend to just use binsearch.info or tvnzb.com for my NZB files. Can i just drag into unison, or double click the nzb?
on astraweb its good cause u pay one-off, not monthly, and it never expires. Cost me 20 i think, for 110gb.
Well, I put the 8800GS in, and it worked, but my system profiler claimed it was a 256MB card. I just ran EFIStudio for that card and rebooted. It now says 384MB, so that's good. When I played CS:S under windows XP I am now able to crank up the settings to MAXIMUM
The card is huge! At least twice the size of my 7200GS. I was worried for a minute that it wouldn't fit in my PowerMac case.
The card is huge! At least twice the size of my 7200GS. I was worried for a minute that it wouldn't fit in my PowerMac case.
Well, I put the 8800GS in, and it worked, but my system profiler claimed it was a 256MB card. I just ran EFIStudio for that card and rebooted. It now says 384MB, so that's good. When I played CS:S under windows XP I am now able to crank up the settings to MAXIMUM
The card is huge! At least twice the size of my 7200GS. I was worried for a minute that it wouldn't fit in my PowerMac case.
impressive!! i am thinking maybe of replacing my crappy 8500GT with a 8800/9*00.. any suggestions?
thinking of getting far cry2, oblivion & Stalker.. what would be good enough for it?
My 8800 GTS Seems to work great. But is this the right specs?
Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0193
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.1
Its a 320mb GDDR3 card...
Chipset Model: Graphics by NVIDIA
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0193
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: NVinject 0.2.1
Its a 320mb GDDR3 card...