A continuation of the old Hackintosh Thread V1.0 which can be found here:

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/511299

RULES (as found in the old thread):

1. PLEASE DONT ASK WHERE TO DOWNLOAD OSX86 -OR- BE WARNED !

2. Dont try to act funny or spam the board

3. Please 'stay' legal. We're allowed to discuss hardware support and stuff like that

So here it goes , Welcome to OSX World. Please post here if you have any questions on driver , support [hardware/software]

Please do check out the official OSX86 Website - http://www.osx86project.org

If you want to hop in for a Live chat join the X86 crew @ irc.macspeak.net , #osx86 !

P.S - Mac users are allowed to join as well

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Building a hackintosh machine is much easier if we're following the tonymacx86's guides, why not start from there first:

1. tonymacx86's Buyer's Guide
2. tonymacx86's Installation Guide

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Other interesting links for starters:

1. OSX86 Wiki
2. Kexts database (experts only I guess)
3. InsanelyMac - Notebook discussion

For those who're interested in joining facebook group for more santai discussion, do join us at the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/HackintoshMalaysia/

This post has been edited by wiraone: Jun 10 2019, 05:26 PM

Dear wiraone,

So what is your recommendations specs for SL v10.6.3?
Please help me... thanks. notworthy.gif

Im planning to clone out a new system running on SL v10.6.3

Hope to get your kindness help a.s.a.p.

This post has been edited by shiwamoto: Jul 15 2011, 02:31 PM

@shiwamoto,

I'll suggest if the budget lets you, to go for the latest Sandy Bridge setup. Probably if you could share with us what kind of system you're thinking of building (and probably the budget), we probably could help it out.

Possible to install snow leopard on Intel Q6600, DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL, and ATi HD4850?
advice needed

@brucess, best is to search using google for any reference installation or guide. I did a search on your motherboard and graphics card and found both are rarely used for Hackintosh, I believe it can be done but with little support out there, you'll be exhausted trying.

So, is v2 going to discuss more on lion?

hmm whats the best combination planing to keep that q6600, wad board shall i change to n gpu

brucess, if you want to keep your processor try looking around for 2nd hand p45 chipset like the Gigabyte EP45-UD3R/P, should support snow leopard and lion well. As for GPU try to get the ATI 5770 or GTX260. Should work out just great.

@wiraone, congrats for V2. Don't own a hackintosh myself but I've always enjoyed reading this thread

@Eveready
We're more interested in discussing the hardware and related kexts to get going rather than the OS itself (which has it own thread). But if what you mean is to get the right hardware, kexts etc to get Lion going, then most probably yes. Nobody surely want to get stuck with older technology/OS innit?

@brucesss
As suggested by skitzo, best is still to go for Gigabyte boards (even a second hand one which I guess can be easily bought from Garage Sales section). Check the DSDT link in the first post, if the motherboard is listed there, it is much easier to get things going since minimal patch/configuration need to be done.

@raeshad
This thread is for everybody really and since I'm the one starting up, don't look at me as a sifu There are many others who've been running Hackintosh in their PCs for ages As for me, I'm just starting up few months ago after my MBP which I've been using for 5 years now running out of juice (battery I mean.. and replacing it will cost me RM500++ and from my previous experience, how careful I'm with charging/discharging, I could only get it to last for a year). I'm however eagerly waiting for an MBA announcement

Does it support the new Sandy Bridge Processor.
I'm Using the Dell new XPS.
2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.30 GHz

15.6" (39.6cm) FHD (1920x1080) B+RGLED display with TrueLife™

8GB Dual-channel 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 4GB)

2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M graphics with Optimus

750gb 7200 hard disk

can i keep my team ram and my quad core?
planning to use ga-g31-es3l is that easy to install?

Yup you can, as ga-g31 compatible with X OS... MB is the most crucial in Hackintosh

Wow, dunno this thread has reached v2 already.
wiraone - Many thanks & congrats.

I have bought parts and now waiting for a retail disk as I dun have a mac that can dl lion's update.

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Jul 18 2011, 09:00 AM

Yes, the i7-2720QM is used in the latest MBP 17". But you may have problem with the graphics card, the GT 540M is not supported and may not be supported since Apple has gone for AMD/ATI GPU for their latest notebooks/imacs.

@wiraone
Yes. That is what I mean. Workarounds to get lion working on certain hardware.

Wiraone..

My budget for CPU, RAM, m/Board, VGA Card, DVD writter, HDD and CASING around RM1.8K - RM 2K...
Hope to get your recommendations.. m/Board prefer GIGABYTE..

Hope to get your favorable reply soon.

Thanks.

@shiwamoto,

I can't give you component by component list, you can do the homework yourself. Here is the list of the latest Gigabyte motherboards that have DSDT ready from tonymac:

http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/06/dsd...yte-socket.html

And here is what GPU that you can use.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/wiki/index.php/G...s_Card_Database

Optical disk, search for LG ones as per the following:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/wiki/index.php/O..._Drive_Database

Do remember, if you bought the sandy beach processors with 'K', you need to at least get the P67 board .. or Z68, otherwise, you'll just waste your money. The non-'K' version, H61 or H67 should be okay.

RAM, get the best you could get with your money. The sames goes to the HD and the rest of the components. Check the hardware forum for suggestion on what the best that can give you bang for the buck.

You surely ask why I can't just list one that work .. well, because in my 2 hackintosh setups, I still couldn't get the best that work 100% as I want them to be. Others can chip in to guide you on the hardware selection.

get the best you could get with your money.?
Best as in best-bang-for-the-buck or most expensive?
Example, for ram I see many favors G Skill. Is there a reason for that?

DarkNite, it depends, for my daughter setup, I bought the Kingston value ram, but for my built, I'm using Corsair which cost double the price IIRC. So, if you think your PC build should be a powderful one, go with the better configuration lah. You may want to check the hardware section, they might be more helpful in term of components for your build. To get OSX running, as mentioned by one of the contributor above, the important thing is the motherboard and GPU selection.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Jul 19 2011, 08:35 AM

Thanks sifu Wiraone..

Running OS X Lion here.

Specs:
i3 530
MSI H55M-E33
Corsair DDR3 1333mhz (2x4gb)
Sapphire 5770 Vapor

What I did:
Edited and fixed DSDT myself
Use Voodoohda 2.7.2
Use Lnx2mac Realtek kext
Use 10.6.2 USB kext (if i'm not mistaken)

And thats all, no problem since 10.6.4 until Lion now. Chameleon and kexts(kextcache) in
separate partition so that SL/Lion is always vanilla installation.

I succesfully ran OSX Snow leopard 10.6.7 via VMware.

Since it's a 2nd gen. laptop, not much that I can do to run it as my main.
I'll take this opportunity to explore the OS then.


Any advise on vmware optimum settings?
I got quite frustrated when starting it as it says guest not supported but got fixed just by a single line of code in the .vmx

wiraone - I'm leaning toward Z68 mobo (Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3-B3) and GTX560 Nvidia but I see Apple is not friendly toward nvidia.

darknite..i think ur statement is partially wrong..
the essential of success of using hackintosh is using nvidia graphic..as for myself, nvidia gc is really important..if im using ati gc, its quite a problematic for me..
so, i rather choose nvidia gpu instead of ati gpu..
this situation may only apply for me alone..hehe..for others i dont really know..

@Darknite, before buying, check if there is anyone successfully running the OSX on that motherboard. Even if the DSDT is available, you might run into different problem, so, better be careful before putting your hard earned money but found that your setup won't run as it should. Had this problem before when I bought an ASUS P8P67-LE, it won't shutdown properly, it woken up few seconds after, so bought a Gigabyte MB which works fine. The same goes for GPU too, though I believe NVidia do from time to time, produces it own drivers for Mac since some of the card ended up in MacPro as 3rd party card installed by the endusers themselves.

@Chyan, sorry, I don't have any experience running OSX on vmware, no idea if there is anyone here has done so.

Oh I see. But I'm trying to map my keys from the laytop k/board. Any clues?

so all sifus...

What VGA card should i go ATI or nVidia?
Chipset?
Prefer Out Of the Box 1..

Thanks..

my desktop spec seem supported.
core i5-750
MSI P55-CD53
MSI gt-250

But my dvd rom is BENQ.
Is my DVD rom supported?

Any easy tutorial on how to start? (=

Thanks all sifu~

wiraone - Thanks. Ya that's my biggest fear - being the pioneer for the unknown mobo. My hope is with the arrival of Lion, we will see better success rate.
All else fail this is my other option GA-P67A-UD3-B3 & ATI 5870.

@Darknite, my other setup is using GA-P67A-UD3-B3 with latest firmware, i5/2400 and it works great really. Sleep, speedstep etc. working .. it has GTS430 GPU.

If everything is running 100% including USB3.0, then this is Great!
I thought by getting a Z mobo I can optimize the SSD usage, is that correct or stick with P67A-UD3?

@Darknite, I've no idea about USB3, I don't have any USB3 devices, so I couldn't test this out. On Z with SSD, it only work for Win7 .. doesn't work for MacOSX. I don't know if there is a workaround..

Since Lion is officially out now .. I'm going to give an update on how it goes on my current setup. Currently downloading it off the appstore and hopefully will be done by the time I wake up tomorrow morning.. and hopefully it will take at most 30 minutes to do a fresh installation (not fancy doing an upgrade on every major OS releases).

share with us the result wiraone. im also planning to upgrade my hackintosh machine to lion.

Dear all sifus,

Im having a problem to select a VGA card according to the recommend list.

This is due to Most of the model was old model.
Can any 1 of sifus here can guide me?

Hope to get your help as soon as possible.

@shiwamoto, problem is, we're pretty much limited with what Apple uses for its hardware. Have you checked the list that I posted before? At least the 6XXX series are easily available in the market.

Dear Sifu wiraone,

I did refer to your list, where 68XX series was out of my budget, mean while 57XX, 58XX series no more available from most of the shop out there (lowyat)..

So sad.

On the 5770, try those seller in the garage sales section, they might have it. Got mine from linglong ..

Nice graphic card, Works with GraphicsEnabler=Y or do you need any other kext/dsdt edits?

Finally Lion is here.

Manage to do a clean install via USB disk. Everything seems to work fine just that have to install Lnx2Mac Realtek RTL81xx Driver to get network to work. Used the same DSDT and kexts from my 10.6.8 build.

Works great, now to migrate profile,apps, and settings from time machine backup.

@skitzo, which guide do you use to install the Lion? On the graphics card, there are some 5770 that do not work with Lion, luckily my XFX 5770 does work. No injection, no nothing required on mine .. work OOB.

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Added on July 21, 2011, 5:08 pmOh BTW, Apple is going to release the USB version of Lion for double the price. Probably the best way to install w/o a need of SL.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Jul 21 2011, 05:08 PM

I use Mald0n's guide from insanelymac here is theLink link

I followed the procedure but used my kexts and DSDT from my SL 10.6.8.

Basically the kexts i have in E/E are FakeSMC, NullCPUPowerManagement, OpenHaltRestart and Jmicron36xeSATA for eSATA.

Have yet to try Nawcomms Sleepenabler for Lion yet. Hopefully there is no issues with it.

As for the USB version of Lion , its quite pricey imo almost double the price.

This post has been edited by skitZo`: Jul 21 2011, 05:19 PM

I believe for DIY system builder like us who do not have SL on the first place, the price should be justified .. probably it includes a family pack in the price.

Yeap, true also, but you could save the extra cash (ard 40usd, which is alot) by using a friends macbook/mac and download the installer and burn it on a dvd or save it in a usb drive for future use.

And if im not mistaken we can install up to 5 machines per copy of Lion.

Cheers!

I'm on Lion now, downloaded it through my MBP. I did a fresh install using USB drive. I'm using the following Andy's guide found here.

For those of you who're trying to install Lion from fresh, you need to find a friend who can download the Lion app for you or probably need to wait for a bit more for them to come up with the USB distribution media.

I'd like to have OSX and windows in dual boot but I'm not sure whether or not my laptop can support. The specs are below.

@azzaim, should be alright .. use the TonyMac guide is the easiest, iboot + retail SL DVD + multibeast. But you need to use Chimera to dual boot. What I did to install dual boot is to install MacOSX first, get it running and use Chimera to boot. The use Mac's Disk Utility to partition a Win7 partition and install Win7.. if Win7 overwrites the Chimera bootstrap, you need to boot using iboot and rerun Chimera installer (via multibeast).

Sorry i am new here....
Just wan to ask my desktop support or not (old model)

c2d 6320 1.86
gigabyte p965 ds3
8gb ram
gigabyte Nvidia 8400
No CD rom

thanks....

@waiwaisan, should work okay on Snow Leopard but no idea about Lion. Installation requires DVD drive though. You can use usbdrive, but it needs to be prepared on Mac first.

thanks wiraone... i will try it!

Intel GMA 3150 works on Lion????

currently using acer aspire 6920g running snow leapord 10.6.7,, how to upgrade to lion//

hye.. just want to ask..

this is my spec

acer 3750G
core i5-2410M 2.3GHz
2GB Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GT520M with NVIDIA Optimus technology

is it support to install snow leopard?

@rahza, you might be able to install SL if you go with tonymac's way using iboot since it has latest chimera bootloader which contains support for nvidia gt520m.

hi wiraone, i am planning to build a fresh system with the following spec:

a) i5/2400 (3.1Ghz)
b) GBT: GA-P67A-UD3-B3
c) Kingston 4gb DDR3
d) Sapphire/ Gigabyte HD6770 1GB D5
e) Seagate 1TB

does it support the latest lion?

sorry to ask about this as I'm totally new in hackintosh, been research in OSX86 & Tony Mac yet couldn't figure out the setup...

Last time wiraone says research and buy similar KNOWN built. I see Gordo74's using same mobo as yours and he explain in detail TO GO TO LION: Follow this guide. I helped in putting it together and it is step by step like this one. Just like a real Mac, you must be on 10.6.8 to go to Lion.

@wiraone but i read at tonymacx86, it says that i can forget the hackintosh if i have a graphic card with optimus technology. how?

@rahza, they you're out of luck I guess.

Hi sifus, I am new to mac world. Would Like to how my setup below work with which version of Mac OS X?

AMD Phenom II X3 720BE (2.8Ghz) ll Zatoc 8800GT AMPed Edition ll Creative SB Audigy2 || Gegabyte MB

Cool, grats for the V2 Hacintosh tread~

@hellwaker, it is not impossible to have MacOSX running on AMD platform but it is hard. You can't use the stock kernel, Apple has released the Lion's kernel but you need to wait for someone to make this available to the masses. Probably the easiest is to have the OSX runs in vm environment. Lion can run on VM and the EULA allows this.

I am fully aware of that. what about older version of Mac OSX? SL works or not on my ring?

Shouldnt be a problem, but its a bit tricky. Have to use modified kernel so your Hacintosh could run onto AMD platform..

Try Lion in Vmware but no luck...




Attached thumbnail(s)

@hellwaker, it means that vmware couldn't boot Lion from your boot drive (usb/dvd/paritition). Did you follow the guide found on the net? If yes, which one?

I follow below guide from youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rMZ_-_QERA

I successfully installed SL on my pc and updated to 10.6.7..

Where can I get Snow Leopard locally and how much should it cost?

hm want to try hackintosh to my dg41ty

@hellwaker, sorry, couldn't help with that.. you may want to ask whoever posted the image file in that youtube.

100% everything is working?
Audio?
Sleep?
FireWire?
USD3?

This post has been edited by DarkNite: Jul 31 2011, 05:01 PM

tempted to convert my first gen i7 desktop but oh god everything is so confusing D:

well not really confusing as much as the possibility of stuff not working is daunting xD

@olivur, the most importing thing to get MacOSX to run on your hardware are the motherboard and graphics card. If you've the right one, installing MacOSX on your i7 desktop is just straight forward thing.

if it's not too much trouble, at the top of your head does my spec seem feasible :?

i7 920
asus pdtd deluxe
asus eah4870 1gb

i did a quick search earlier on insanelymac and .. yeah, LOL :X


i've two mbps up to date (first gen unibody and '10 model) and i've to say, the only reason i'd need windows now are for the occasional mmo binges. which my '10 could handle but i do NOT like the way the fan makes a lift off sound when im running windows on it lol :X

not 100% actually..Sleep still not working..get kernal panic when adding the sleepenabler kext..audio is working just fine..firewire and usb3 i'm still not test it yet..

@olivur, try the guide found using myhack at http://osx86.sojugarden.com/guide/ though I usually prefer the tonymac guide but you can always mix them. For my previous SL setup, I was using myhack + multibeast. For my current Lion setup, I was using Andy's p6p67 guide found at insanelymac + multibeast. Why I used multibeast? Well, almost everything needed to be done after initial setup contained in that utility.

This post has been edited by wiraone: Aug 1 2011, 05:54 AM

thanks for the reply wiraone, i'll take a look at it soon

..once i figure out how to make a lion bootable disc. lol


edit*

this might be a no brainer, but since there are no physical discs for lion (afaik), if i were to get a snow leopard disc from the apple store would i get the lion upgrade for free ._o?

because even if i make a bootable disc of lion using my mbp, the copy would be.. "affiliated" to my mbp, ...right?

*froths*

This post has been edited by olivur: Aug 1 2011, 06:59 AM

@olivur, according to Lion licensing, you're free to install on the machine that you can run the AppStore So, what most of us are doing is to buy the Lion off the AppStore on whatever Mac available, and before the upgrade, we copied the necessary file(s) as backup so we don't need to redownload. And no, buying SL will not give you a free upgrade to Lion.

Is it possible to fresh install Mac OS X Lion on a PC without a Mac? Because I don't know where to buy Lion other than Mac App Store.

Not possible as of now but rumors said that Apple is going to sell Lion in USBdrive for US$70.

yup. is possible to install OSX on a normal PC and depend on ur pc spec as well that match to it. thats why this hackint0sh thread is here.

for the source of the OSX we cant discuss on here due to privacy.

I know I can install OSX on my pc. I meant where can I get Lion legally without a mac because as far as i know, we can only get it from Mac App Store

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Added on August 1, 2011, 9:01 pmthanks for the info

This post has been edited by bryanyeo: Aug 1 2011, 09:01 PM

The only way right now is install snow leopard first then download from AppStore like normal Mac

or as wiraone mentioned, wait for another month

but the price on that usb dongle is ..well interesting. lol

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Users who do not have broadband access at home, work or school can download Lion at Apple retail stores and later this August, Lion will be made available on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com) for $69 (US).
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/07/20...-App-Store.html

This post has been edited by olivur: Aug 2 2011, 06:55 AM

guys, i want to get an affordable pc and i thought why not make it mac compatible?
so what i need is a build that is as strong as mac mini 2011 only and can install mac os easily.
this is the main spec for the mac i mentioned:
i5-2520M
4gb 1333mhz ram
500gb 7200rpm hdd
radeon 6630M

i need something just as strong as this not a super pc or anything. if price was no issue then i would just buy the real thing lol

no need for mince/keyboard/monitor btw

@olivur, haha, sorry, didn't know it is not a rumor anymore but announced already. TQ for the link. So, this is the best option for you guys. If you want to go for SL + Lion way, the cost will still be the same I believe. SL is RM109 + US$30 (bare in mind, availability of SL is 1-2 week.. guess they don't want to sell it anymore).

@CatDog, I believe what you're looking is actually a desktop PC. i5/2400, 4GB RAM, 1TB HD, Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3. Problem will be the graphics card. The popular among Hackintosh users, the Radeon 5770 is hard to come by now. So check what are working for Lion here. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=256103 and here http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewforum.php?f=15.

thanks man, i looked at lists available at lowyat.net and some shops still have 5770. it seems that you know what you are talking about and this might actually work. problem is that this rig you suggested looks too powerfull/expensive. as i said, i need a pv just strong enough to match the 2011 mac mini i mentioned. can you suggest a build that balances average power with low price?

This post has been edited by CatDog: Aug 2 2011, 03:52 PM

@CatDog, well, the cheapest i5 desktop CPU will set you around RM500++, probably you want to go for a cheaper motherboard since you won't overclock the CPU, go for Gigabyte GA-H67MA-UD2H-B3 around RM300.

thanks a lot. i think i go with this. it was in one of the links you put

CPU: Intel Core i3-2100
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H67M-D2
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670
RAM: Corsair XMS3 4 GB 1333mhz DDR3 (4GB)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 341
Power Supply: Corsair CX430
Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc
Hard Drive: Seagate 500gb 7200RPM

problem is the guy i want to buy from dont sell giga only intel mobo...
where is the cheapest hardware seller you know?


edit: he offered me this mobo instead of the giga. is it as easy to install with this intell one as the giga?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...21508&Tpk=H67CL
the one i found from ur link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...ID=4902415&SID=

This post has been edited by CatDog: Aug 3 2011, 03:12 AM

@CatDog, on motherboard, if you want to have Hackintosh system with less headache, go for Gigabyte no less. BTW, was told by one forumner, the one available here is the GIGABYTE H67MA-USB3-B3 not the one I said in the reply before.

Currently installing OSX Lion via VMWare on my Dell N4110 laptop.
Will see how it goes.

Any guild? I try on xps 15, keep fail~

This post has been edited by 工藤新一: Aug 6 2011, 12:21 AM

I've burned Lion into USB thumbdrive, managed to boot up using USB, but im stuck with the installation part. It doesnt let me install to the partition because my harddisk is using MBR, but it requires GUID Partition Table. Is there any way to install lion into a MBR partition harddisk?

Any guild? I try on xps 15, keep fail~

Successfully install OSX lion on VMWare.
Previously using vmware workstation, 7.1.0, keep fail.
need 7.1.4 to make it works.

Is this a fresh HD? If yes, why don't you go ahead creating a GUID partition table. If you want to install Win7 later on, you can always create an NTFS (or FAT32) partition using diskutility first before booting up Win7 installer.

The problem is I already have Windows installed on the HD and there are many important files on it. I think the only solution now is to buy a new HD

You could try nawcoms modified OSInstall framework and mpkg for Lion, should work with MBR Partition.

Nawcom's Blog

Any reason you need MBR partiton? Planning to dual boot with Win XP or you had extra space of hdsik on a MBR disk.

cheers!