The Merged Hackintosh Thread

[maccompaq]

As for temp readings in XP, there are a ton of such apps. Here's a decent benchmarking tool, similar to Sisoft Sandra, which is being given away HERE

If your German is rusty, then Anrede = Title (leave as Herr), Vorname = Forename, Nachname = Surname, the rest you can work out. Download your copy of the software at this address.

Thanks for that reference. I downloaded it for my Windows computer. It is only a 30 day trial, and it gives way too much info. I am looking for an XP temperature app similar to the one you referred me to for Leopard

 

[Dolina]

Leopard wont boot from external or install properly

I have been trying (for the past week) to install Leopard OS X 10.5.6 onto my HP Pavilion dv6000t.
I used any and all Boot-132's I could find.
It reads the disc, gives "boot:", and I switch to Leopard OS X retail disc.
It reads and seems like it's installing, giving the gray screen with the Apple logo.
The blue screen appears, no mouse, no pinwheel, nothing.

I used my iMac to install Leopard onto my 500 GB external HDD (FantomDrives, Titanium II). It installed and boots on the iMac.

I plug it into the HP, change the boot order in the BIOS settings, and I get a blinking cursor. Nothing happens.

I have tried the Kalyway 10.5.2 disc. It will install successfully with the Darwin Bootloader too. I had it partitioned with XP until it became unstable and I got a retail disc; I got stuck.

I have tried installing Kalyway on the HP and doing a "Restore" from the install disc, including making an .iso and trying that too. I've tried using the Boot-132 CD to start the external partition. I can supply the Kalyway install options if you need it. I'm starting to think my NVidia 945 video chips isn't compatible.

The external is partitioned as such:
TITANIUM (FAT32) 377.76 GB [currently empty]
Leopard OS X (Journaled) 22.13 GB (where the working install is)
WINDOWS XP (FAT32) 22.00 GB [currently empty]
WIN VISTA (FAT32) 22.00GB [currently empty]
MS DOS (FAT32) 21.24 GB [currently empty]

I'm willing to reformat everything and start over. This is driving me crazy.

Thank you very much for reading and helping. 🙂

Edit: Found and installed Chameleon v2.0 and it brought up a boot loader for the external and the primary HDD with Windows on it. However, now it's stuck at the gray "shiny" apple spinny thingy. Any suggestions?

 

[maccompaq]

Video card

I just received my new Asus 20 inch WS 1600 x 900 LCD monitor today, and am I impressed.

My real question is about the Asus EN8400GS 512MB video card. It is listed at New Egg as a PCI Express 16 card, but one of the purchasers stated in his review that it is really a PCI Express 2.0.

At the Asus site, it is listed to support PCI Express 1.0 and PCI Express 2.0.

My MOBO is a GA-G31M-ES2L that has 2 PCI slots, a PCI Express x1 slot, and a PCI Express x16 slot. Not being an expert in video cards, I am guessing that this card will fit my MOBO, but I would like confirmation before I order it for my Hackintosh. Where will I find the Leopard video driver for this card?

Thanks for any help.

 

[nanofrog]

I just received my new Asus 20 inch WS 1600 x 900 LCD monitor today, and am I impressed.

My real question is about the Asus EN8400GS 512MB video card. It is listed at New Egg as a PCI Express 16 card, but one of the purchasers stated in his review that it is really a PCI Express 2.0.

At the Asus site, it is listed to support PCI Express 1.0 and PCI Express 2.0.

My MOBO is a GA-G31M-ES2L that has 2 PCI slots, a PCI Express x1 slot, and a PCI Express x16 slot. Not being an expert in video cards, I am guessing that this card will fit my MOBO, but I would like confirmation before I order it for my Hackintosh. Where will I find the Leopard video driver for this card?

Thanks for any help.

Yes, it will operate in a PCIe 1.0 x16 slot, assuming there's no clearance issues. 🙂 PCIe 2.0 is capable of stepping down to PCIe 1.0, though each lane operates at half the bandwidth. Not an issue with this card, so nothing to worry about. 😀

 

[maccompaq]

Yes, it will operate in a PCIe 1.0 x16 slot, assuming there's no clearance issues. 🙂 PCIe 2.0 is capable of stepping down to PCIe 1.0, though each lane operates at half the bandwidth. Not an issue with this card, so nothing to worry about. 😀

Thanks for the quick answer. After I get that card, I will need to find the driver for Windows and the kext for Leopard.

 

[applebook]

my machine has run 24/7 for over six months. i only have one case fan and a fan-less graphics card. no overheating so far. the q6600 G0 stepping is great with regards to heat. i my run ram @1000MHz and like you said if there is ram problem youll know fast

Big deal. My Hackintosh (and most for that matter) are generally quite stable. The problem is that one cannot even do regular updates, and most machines will NOT restart and shut down properly. My P35 Gigabyte motherboard sleeps and wakes up perfectly. Unfortunately, when I want to boot into Windoze for gaming, I have to do a hard shut-down.

Since getting my uMB, I've not even touched the Hackintosh partition on my tower PC. There is just no reason to once you have a real Mac. 😀

 

[maccompaq]

Big deal. My Hackintosh (and most for that matter) are generally quite stable. The problem is that one cannot even do regular updates, and most machines will NOT restart and shut down properly. My P35 Gigabyte motherboard sleeps and wakes up perfectly. Unfortunately, when I want to boot into Windoze for gaming, I have to do a hard shut-down.

Since getting my uMB, I've not even touched the Hackintosh partition on my tower PC. There is just no reason to once you have a real Mac. 😀

You are mostly right, a Hackintosh is not a 100% Mac replacement. Once I install Leopard, I never upgrade to the next version. Shut down and restart works for me. Sleep works, but upon waking, Ethernet no longer works until a warm reboot. Switching between Windows XP and Leopard works fine with a warm reboot. USB attachments must be plugged in before booting to be recognized, same for Firewire. Both of my Hackintosh machines give me a lot of satisfaction, because I can get inside the box to add up to 5 hard drives, 2 optical drives and just mess around. I like to experiment. But they will never replace a genuine Mac.

 

[NoSmokingBandit]

Big deal. My Hackintosh (and most for that matter) are generally quite stable. The problem is that one cannot even do regular updates, and most machines will NOT restart and shut down properly. My P35 Gigabyte motherboard sleeps and wakes up perfectly. Unfortunately, when I want to boot into Windoze for gaming, I have to do a hard shut-down.

Since getting my uMB, I've not even touched the Hackintosh partition on my tower PC. There is just no reason to once you have a real Mac. 😀

Try OpenHaltRestart
http://www.psystar.com/opensource/openhaltrestart
It fixes pretty much all sleep/restart/shutdown issues.

I can do regular updates. I have since 10.5.2. If you have it set up properly (which isnt very difficult), updating isnt any different than just installing the update.

 

[thunderclap]

I've been running my Hackintosh a week or so now. The only problem I had was the onboard NIC of my Gigabyte motherboard. It worked fine in Vista but the speed fluctuated a lot in Leopard. It wasn't a big deal as I just bought a cheap NIC for $15 and it worked fine. The problem as it appears was the firmware in the EFI-X dongle. It has since been fixed.

So here is the specs of my system: i7 Core 2.66GHz, 6GB RAM, 2 1TB HDD (one for each OS), Vista SP2 64-bit, Leopard 10.5.7 and an nVidia 9800GT. My big concern was getting Final Cut Studio 2 to work, but it works flawlessly. I did have to make a few minor tweaks in it's configuration file to get it to work though. Took 5 minutes.

Overall I'm very pleased with the system. It's screaming fast and I've never been happier with a computer.

 

[weckart]

I have been trying (for the past week) to install Leopard OS X 10.5.6 onto my HP Pavilion dv6000t.
I used any and all Boot-132's I could find.
It reads the disc, gives "boot:", and I switch to Leopard OS X retail disc.
It reads and seems like it's installing, giving the gray screen with the Apple logo.
The blue screen appears, no mouse, no pinwheel, nothing.


Edit: Found and installed Chameleon v2.0 and it brought up a boot loader for the external and the primary HDD with Windows on it. However, now it's stuck at the gray "shiny" apple spinny thingy. Any suggestions?

Can you boot it in verbose mode? use -v as a boot argument at the Darwin prompt. This should tell you why it is hanging.

You are mostly right, a Hackintosh is not a 100% Mac replacement. Once I install Leopard, I never upgrade to the next version. Shut down and restart works for me. Sleep works, but upon waking, Ethernet no longer works until a warm reboot. Switching between Windows XP and Leopard works fine with a warm reboot. USB attachments must be plugged in before booting to be recognized, same for Firewire. Both of my Hackintosh machines give me a lot of satisfaction, because I can get inside the box to add up to 5 hard drives, 2 optical drives and just mess around. I like to experiment. But they will never replace a genuine Mac.

If your USB devices are not recognised as hot pluggable devices, then it is usually because your System.kext is out of synch with your kernel. There was a usbfix.pkg for early Kalyway installations that had this bug. Make sure your System.kext and kernel have the same version number and your external devices should work as intended. Other problems with restarting, sleeping and hibernating are down to your motherboard bios and not always patchable.

 

[MidgetArcher]

lots of info here, where to start.

 

[DoFoT9]

lots of info here, where to start.

by:
1. deciding if you are really going to go through with it
2. deciding how much power you need
3. doing a bit of research on components that suit your requirements
4. asking here if it sounds ok

🙂

 

[nanofrog]

lots of info here, where to start.

These might help, but it will take some time to do the research. 😉

OSx86 Project
InsanelyMac
Hackintosh.org
Project OS
Hackintosh.com

This all came up on the first page of a search using "hackintosh". As you get further along, search out more detailed items. There's tons of information out there, just a few clicks away, but it will mean you have to put in the time. 😉 Lots of it. 😛

Hope this helps, and good luck. 🙂

 

[thunderclap]

Some people don't think it's worth the $200, but it's something I bought and am very happy with. EFI-X. Instead of having to hack your OS to get OS X working properly on a BIOS motherboard, this little device connects to your internal USB port. It's quick to boot and greatly simplifies the process. I definitely recommend going this route.

 

[thegoldenmackid]

Hello All, I was wondering where the best place to buy a hackintoshed netbook?

 

[philbeeney]

I've just completed a Dell Mini 9 triple boot installation (Win 7 RC, OS X Leopard and Ubuntu) as I wanted something small to use when on holiday or trips away instead of lugging my 5 year old 17" PowerBook around.

Until Apple come out with something comparable to the Dell Mini 9 (new tablet ??) then it's a Hackintosh FTW.!!

 

[thunderclap]

Hello All, I was wondering where the best place to buy a hackintoshed netbook?

You might try eBay, but more than likely you'll have to do it yourself.

 

[pilotError]

Hello All, I was wondering where the best place to buy a hackintoshed netbook?

I was on twitter and did a search for hackintosh. I was shocked by the number of tweets of people buying netbooks to put OS X on them.

The Dell and Asus netbooks seem to be the most popular. There's a Hackintosh dot com site apparently that lists compatibility with the netbooks.

 

[Dolina]

Can you boot it in verbose mode? use -v as a boot argument at the Darwin prompt. This should tell you why it is hanging.

I got nothing. No "boot:", nothing. I'm not giving up. Now I'm attempting to install the Retail OSX on the HDD directly. It will boot and load, and after the gray apple i get a blue screen. Practically the same thing as before from the loaded external. No spinny pinwheel, no mouse, no sound, nothing. I'm stuck.

I'm starting to think it's my graphics card, which is a 945 Chipset, and uses NATIT gfnvidia through the Kalyway install.

Is there any hope? 🙁
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iMac OS X 10.5.6 - 2.8 Ghz Intel Core Duo - 2 GB SDRAM
and
HP Pavilion dv6000t - Removed Vista, Installed WinXP - 1.73 GHz Intel Core Duo - 1 GB RAM

 

[applebook]

Don't buy a Hackintosh netbook. Just DIY. Most netbooks are extremely compatible with Leopard and have no sleep/wake/restart/shut-down issues. There are plenty of Youtube tutorials on how to DIY.

Make sure to get one with a compatible wi-fi card or purchase on afterwards.

 

[applebook]

Try OpenHaltRestart
http://www.psystar.com/opensource/openhaltrestart
It fixes pretty much all sleep/restart/shutdown issues.

I can do regular updates. I have since 10.5.2. If you have it set up properly (which isnt very difficult), updating isnt any different than just installing the update.

Thanks, I will try it.

How did you get updates to work without kernal panics? I'm still on 10.5.5 with my Hack.

 

[Mac7]

can someone make a list of hardware that runs osx perfectly? Kind of on a budget also so cheap would do

 

[rockstarjoe]

Big deal. My Hackintosh (and most for that matter) are generally quite stable. The problem is that one cannot even do regular updates, and most machines will NOT restart and shut down properly. My P35 Gigabyte motherboard sleeps and wakes up perfectly. Unfortunately, when I want to boot into Windoze for gaming, I have to do a hard shut-down.

Since getting my uMB, I've not even touched the Hackintosh partition on my tower PC. There is just no reason to once you have a real Mac. 😀

I have to respectfully disagree. I own a mac, and love it, but I built a hackintosh that is 100% working perfect, and it is fantastic. Updates work from Software Update without any tinkering (occasionally need to reinstall an audio kext, but that takes 2 seconds), and I've been upgrading since 10.5.0 all the way to 10.5.7. The whole thing was inexpensive and fun to put together... and it is a monster. A comparable Mac Pro would have bankrupted me! 🙂

Also, for all those interested there is a new version of Chameleon out, it works very nicely for booting into different OSes.

 

[MidgetArcher]

by:
1. deciding if you are really going to go through with it
2. deciding how much power you need
3. doing a bit of research on components that suit your requirements
4. asking here if it sounds ok

🙂

thanks

can someone make a list of hardware that runs osx perfectly? Kind of on a budget also so cheap would do

+2

 

[MidgetArcher]

These might help, but it will take some time to do the research. 😉

OSx86 Project
InsanelyMac
Hackintosh.org
Project OS
Hackintosh.com

This all came up on the first page of a search using "hackintosh". As you get further along, search out more detailed items. There's tons of information out there, just a few clicks away, but it will mean you have to put in the time. 😉 Lots of it. 😛

Hope this helps, and good luck. 🙂

sweet, time to do some research😀