ahh
considering that perhaps i should have start saving
lol
well if thats the case think i should start working on the dual boot and stuff
thanks mate

This post has been edited by Benny-T: Feb 22 2009, 01:49 PM

Hi,

From your specs you should be able to install retail with boot132 without much of a problems......just that you need to disable the onboard graphics and get at least a 9800gt or the older 86 or 88 cards. That should work great with your specs.

retail with boot123?
my whole thing is good enough except i'm missing the GC here

u could get mid-range GPU such 8600GT/ 8800GT
the work around is a lot easier than using ATi's GPU

not really a big fan of ATi
well..saving money for nvidia FX570

thats cool then
you would find it FUN when leopard able to run on generic pc

i couldn't get my motherboard to boot from the USB. maybe its the settings. USB-HDD / USB-ZIP /USB-FDD?

anyway i did manage to boot from the generic.iso Boot 132 disc and installed OSX Retail 10.5.6 but only AFTER removing the video card and plugging into the onboard VGA output jack.

my problem now is implementing PC EFI / Chameleon. from PCWIZ
the bootloader will jump into the apple logo boot screen and get stuck there. Nothing else happens after.

Haven't even had the opportunity to setup the other kexts - sound & video

Can anyone tell me what is wrong?

Boot with -v and see whats the error. Could be waiting for root device. After u install Chameleon/PC EFI, did you install the necessary system kext? AppleDecrypt.kex, Disabler.kext and SMBIOSEnabler.kext?

And your modified kexts are they installed in a separate folder or in the /S/L/E folder?

can i just use this from PCWIZ instead?



it has AppleDecrypt.kext , Disabler.kext and OpenHaltRestart.kext as default kext listed.
can't seem to select the other options eg DSDT patch or extensions.mkext

i assume the INSTALL CUSTOM KEXT FROM HD option is where i pull in all the Sound and etc kexts, yeah?

i have downloaded the pcwiz vmware image file and i try load it with vmware player and it stuck at the apple loading screen like forever.

i'm using an amd processor x2 4000+, do i need to patch it or it is got other way to do this? i read from the forum say it nd another version of leopard which is 10.4.8 to patch the amd cpuid. can i skip the step above?

thanks

Yes u can use the universal installer by PCWIZ.

Yeah the "INSTALL CUSTOM KEXT FROM HD" is where u put in all the sound and etc kexts, since you say you`re able to boot with generic.iso, why not try install the kexts from the generic.iso exclude dsmos.kext and IntelCPUMDisabler.kext (dsmos and appledecrypt has the same functions so is disabler.kext and IntelCPUMDisabler), try it and see whether it works.

BTW, try to boot with -v to single out problems.

hmm seems the DB were crash
the mini 9 tread lost? -.-

ya lor. my post gone hahaaa.

All hackintosh sifus, do I have to read all 51 pages to find out which mobo & graphic card that can be bought locally, best suitable for OSX86?
Ya I visited http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.6 and found GA-EP45-DS3L is most compatible but have other people complaint about it also. So right now I am confused.
So far what is the best graphic card, source locally, do you guys recommend?

gigabyte seems the best bet for hackintosh
u can easily config it coz alot hackintosher use this board model & shared the same driver

Thanks for the quick reply, friend want to sell a Mac Box set very cheap to me and since my ancient Mac cannot use, i start think of building a Hackintosh. Ok, how about about the graphic cards, only nvidia? not ATI? Thinking of HD4850 but if cannot whats the best nvidia to run video editing programs?
Err... any problems to work with Wacom Bamboo Fun?

AFAIK, there are no drivers for HD4850 yet. The best graphic card supported by hackintosh is the 9800gtx+. Could get it working with full QE/CI with minor driver installation. Same goes for the 9800gt and below and 8800 series.

cheers!

Some good news if you are willing to wait for 10.5.7 to be release soon. There is HD4850 support coming for it. not perfect but works. netkas.org posted some test on the 4850and 10.5.7 will support Core i7 too. woot!

Come to think of it, might as well go for the 9800gtx since it works brilliantly.

This post has been edited by toyol: Mar 3 2009, 01:35 PM

Interesting to read the 50+ pages. I am on EFi-X for the last 3 weeks and have not run into a single problem and now planning to build another Generic PC for my friend who is dying for a Mac.

What's the spec? Will it include ATI Radeon HD 4870 or HD 4850, seeing this card is now an option for the just launch iMac and ProMac?