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Kaido said:
HD2000 has no QE/CI. Don't know if it ever will. Best advice is to swap out for an i3-2105 for $135 if you want onboard graphics (and now Audio over HDMI). I was hoping to get a G620T (35w CPU) with HD2000, but no dice for graphics acceleration so far. Maybe in the future, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Also,

http://lifehacker.com/5841604/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh
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That is what I figured, always a day late and a dollar short. :) At least I have the ability to use a video card so I will get it working eventually.

I saw the updated LifeHacker guide, just passed that along on HQ-A as well. Will be some time before I can buy any new stuff as I really need to clear up the ones I already purchased before adding any more. I learned my lesson after having to throw out so much stuff when I moved.
 
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mosslack said:
Kakewalk has been discussed a great deal on HQ-A lately with mostly positive replies. I may try that approach with my Zotac board.
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It's amazingly easy. Aslong as you have compatible parts. My next build will be KakeWalk compatible.

I've even walked my parents though it over the phone on a DS3L
 
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alfa147x said:
It's amazingly easy. Aslong as you have compatible parts. My next build will be KakeWalk compatible.

I've even walked my parents though it over the phone on a DS3L
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Well, the Zotac is obviously not on the list, but one should be able to just substitute the correct DSDT for a board that is similar on other features.
 
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I still don't understand how the DSDT works. A friend of mine has a board that has similar features and chipset are you saying his board will work if the DSDT is changed?
 
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alfa147x said:
I still don't understand how the DSDT works. A friend of mine has a board that has similar features and chipset are you saying his board will work if the DSDT is changed?
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What I'm saying is if you have a board with similar features/chipset from a different manufacturer, then the only real difference in the install is the DSDT, which is board specific.

It's not a hard and fast rule that these substitutions can be made, but in my experience I have found it to be true more often than not. HTH
 
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DSDT is basically a BIOS translation. It 'describes' the hardware in your system in a way that OSX can understand and then use.

I've used Kakewalk to install on systems other than those listed.

It really doesn't matter much how you get OSX on a system to begin with- it's how you patch it afterwards for the specific hardware that matters most. Everything else is really just tricking the OS into installing on non-approved hardware. Once you're over that hump, the rest is just making sure it runs as close to 100% correctly as possible.

The main benefit of using the exact hardware listed for Kakewalk is that you don't have to do any hunting around for needed files and fixes yourself- it's set up to work on the exact hardware with very little fuss.
 
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I just got a EEE Pc up and running. Can't decide if it's worth trying to hackintosh with Snow Leopard...
 
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Zaap said:
DSDT is basically a BIOS translation. It 'describes' the hardware in your system in a way that OSX can understand and then use.

I've used Kakewalk to install on systems other than those listed.

It really doesn't matter much how you get OSX on a system to begin with- it's how you patch it afterwards for the specific hardware that matters most. Everything else is really just tricking the OS into installing on non-approved hardware. Once you're over that hump, the rest is just making sure it runs as close to 100% correctly as possible.

The main benefit of using the exact hardware listed for Kakewalk is that you don't have to do any hunting around for needed files and fixes yourself- it's set up to work on the exact hardware with very little fuss.
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This is why I am not a teacher, I don't always explain things as I should. Very good explanation!
 
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I'm a noob to this. A friend of mine needs help installing Snow Leopard on a PC with a first-gen Core i5 650 on an Intel DH55HC motherboard. Has someone tried to see if it's compatible with this motherboard? I searched and couldn't find an answer. Even if others have not tried it, how would you go about doing this? From the limited knowledge I have I know you need a disc with Snow Leopard itself (he'll buy it since it's only $30) and some images containing some drivers, hacks and what not. I also know there's different versions of what's needed, so what would be best for P55?
 
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I'm a noob to this. A friend of mine needs help installing Snow Leopard on a PC with a first-gen Core i5 650 on an Intel DH55HC motherboard. Has someone tried to see if it's compatible with this motherboard? I searched and couldn't find an answer. Even if others have not tried it, how would you go about doing this? From the limited knowledge I have I know you need a disc with Snow Leopard itself (he'll buy it since it's only $30) and some images containing some drivers, hacks and what not. I also know there's different versions of what's needed, so what would be best for P55?
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Check out the Tonymacx86 forum or more specifically you can start reading here:

http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-x-on.html

Then if you have any specific problems you can ask on that forum or here if you like. Most Intel mobo's these days will run SL with very little problem. HTH
 
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Tonymac is pretty much the definitive resource these days.

Here's at least a base set of instructions from someone with an Intel DH55HC motherboard:

http://tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=20114&sid=63646625121c6479eac2edd7bd672df3


You'll probably do best by starting with Snow Leopard for now- I'm not sure there are easy start from scratch Hackintosh install methods for Lion just yet, and really, SL is a great OS and many Mac users still prefer it to Lion anyway. You can later upgrade to Lion via the app store.

Use an actual retail OSX disc, not anything downloaded and burned. Not only for ethical reasons, but it seems many times when people say an install didn't work, they were using some funky copied/burned version of OSX.

Keep in mind also that you need a compatible graphics card for success as well.

A great place to start for a list of compatible cards (as well as motherboards) is here:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Scroll down to the 'component' sections of the different OSX versions, and look under PCIE cards. What I do if I'm recommending a card to someone or buying for a new build, I cross-check that a certain card is compatible with the latest version (Lion 10.7.1 currently) as well as on the previous lists for Snow Leopard.
 
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Zaap said:
Tonymac is pretty much the definitive resource these days.

Here's at least a base set of instructions from someone with an Intel DH55HC motherboard:

http://tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=20114&sid=63646625121c6479eac2edd7bd672df3


You'll probably do best by starting with Snow Leopard for now- I'm not sure there are easy start from scratch Hackintosh install methods for Lion just yet, and really, SL is a great OS and many Mac users still prefer it to Lion anyway. You can later upgrade to Lion via the app store.

Use an actual retail OSX disc, not anything downloaded and burned. Not only for ethical reasons, but it seems many times when people say an install didn't work, they were using some funky copied/burned version of OSX.

Keep in mind also that you need a compatible graphics card for success as well.

A great place to start for a list of compatible cards (as well as motherboards) is here:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Scroll down to the 'component' sections of the different OSX versions, and look under PCIE cards. What I do if I'm recommending a card to someone or buying for a new build, I cross-check that a certain card is compatible with the latest version (Lion 10.7.1 currently) as well as on the previous lists for Snow Leopard.
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Thanks a lot. :)

I'll be trying these on his PC tomorrow. From what I'm reading, these instructions seem pretty simple, especially the BIOS ones. The ones for iBoot seem very straight forward as well.

His graphics card is an ASUS Radeon HD 5770. From what I'm reading it should be compatible because the Mac Pros used to come with those as an option, plus I think there's some other community-made drivers.
 
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^ Looks like there's Tonymac success with this board; install should be pretty straight forward.

As for the three slots- they appear to be x16, x8 and x4. Any problems running all three slots with graphic cards? (I have no idea, I don't run multiple video cards.) I would assume the first two slots will both be x8 with two cards installed, but what about the x4 slot?

The MSI board seems to have all three x16 slots, but I assume they get reduced when using multiple cards too?

Anyway, it looks like it should be a nice Hackintosh candidate!

What processor? i5 2500k Sandybridge?
 
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Zaap said:
^ Looks like there's Tonymac success with this board; install should be pretty straight forward.

As for the three slots- they appear to be x16, x8 and x4. Any problems running all three slots with graphic cards? (I have no idea, I don't run multiple video cards.) I would assume the first two slots will both be x8 with two cards installed, but what about the x4 slot?

The MSI board seems to have all three x16 slots, but I assume they get reduced when using multiple cards too?

Anyway, it looks like it should be a nice Hackintosh candidate!

What processor? i5 2500k Sandybridge?
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Yeah I saw a couple of mentions on Insanely and Tonymac, but as you said, don't know how it works for 3x video cards. I can only assume it will be much the same as my MSI system, but I got very lucky having a custom DSDT written for me by someone else, which allowed it to work with all three. The video on the MSI has been rock solid.

Unfortunately, other aspects of the MSI are not so appealing. For one thing, it won't shutdown properly and there is an issue with sound under Lion (It stops working after 6 hours playing the same sound). I figure it was time for a change anyway, so I have a price alert on the Gigabyte board and as soon as that happens I will order it.

As for CPU, have not totally decided, but I'm leaning towards this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115074
 
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Time to catch up from way-behind-the-curve ... I am finally forced to upgrade my 2 Kaido-original P35-DS3Ls from 10.5.8 to Snow, as some software I want requires Snow.

Any pointer to a good way to do this? Thanks !!
 
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Time to catch up from way-behind-the-curve ... I am finally forced to upgrade my 2 Kaido-original P35-DS3Ls from 10.5.8 to Snow, as some software I want requires Snow.

Any pointer to a good way to do this? Thanks !!
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Wanna try a beta? PM me if you do.
 
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Sophie424 said:
Time to catch up from way-behind-the-curve ... I am finally forced to upgrade my 2 Kaido-original P35-DS3Ls from 10.5.8 to Snow, as some software I want requires Snow.

Any pointer to a good way to do this? Thanks !!
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If you don't want to go with Kaido's beta, you can always check out my guides for using either the retail DVD or a USB stick method.

DVD : http://bit.ly/pga8Sz

USB : http://bit.ly/r1utYT

I have tested both methods and they seem to work very well.

BTW, I have my DS3L upgraded to Lion and that seems to run very well also.

HTH
 
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@mosslack - Which / where is Kaido's beta? I did a thread search but find the results very hard to filter ... Will look at your Snow guides as well.

[Edit: oops, just saw Kaido's post, will PM him as well].

Do you know if I can skip Snow and go straight to Lion? Not sure I'm hardy enough to do 2 major version hack upgrades in a row :)
 
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