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See Tofuconfetti post below for a variation on this method: thumb drive and Conti Installer VS Install DVD and Empire EFI CD. À vous de choisir.

Tofuconfetti a publié un peu plus loin une variante de cette méthode: clé USB avec installateur de Conti plutôt que le DVD d'installation avec le CD de Empire EFI. Your choice.

 

Édité le 26 novembre 2009 à 15 h 00 (HNE)

 

Voici ma recette pour installer Snow Leopard sur un PC avec la carte mère Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 775 X48 et le processeur Intel INTEL|C2Q Q8400 2.66G. Il s'agit de mon premier hackintosh.

 

COMPOSANTES = ma quincaillerie

RÉSUMÉ = fonctionnalité

INSTALLATION = Recette détaillée

MATÉRIEL = Liste des outils, patch, kexts, applications utilisés.

 

COMPOSANTES:

Carte mère: GIGABYTE GA-X48-DQ6 775 X48

Processeur: CPU INTEL|C2Q Q8400 2.66G

Carte graphique: VGA EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR 9800GTX

Mémoire: MEM 2Gx2|PATRIOT PGS24G6400ELK

Lecteur-graveur: DVD_BURN PIONEER|DVR-218LBK

Disque rigide: HD 1T|WD 32M WD10EADS

Tour: CASE ANTEC|SONATA III 500 BK RT

 

RÉSUMÉ:

Équivalent d'un Mac Pro pour la moitié du prix.

Installé avec Empire EFI 1.07 R2 et autres (voir "Matériel" plus bas)

Roule sous 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard)

Tout fonctionne sauf la suspension d'activité

 

 

INSTALLATION

1- Réglage du Bios

Integrated Peripherals: SATA RAID/AHCI mode -> AHCI

ONBOARD SATA/IDE Control mode -> AHCI

Init Display First -> PEG (ou PEG2 selon l'emplacement de la carte graphique. Détails dans le manuel de la carte-mère)

 

Pour démarrer avec EMPIRE:

OU dans le BIOS, régler Advanced BIOS features/Hard Disk Boot Priority sur le lecteur de DVD dans lequel est logé EMPIRE;

OU F12 au démarrage de l'ordi et choisir le lecteur de DVD

 

2- Installer OS X

Démarrer le PC avec Empire EFI (cela présuppose que vous avez gravé Empire EFI sur un CD iso).

Attendre environ une minute (le temps que le ventilateur ralentisse).

Éjecter le CD de Empire EFI.

Insérer le disque d'installation Snow Leopard (SL).

Appuyer sur F5 pour permettre au PC d'identifier le DVD SL.

Attendre que SL soit reconnu.

Être patient pendant que défilent en blanc sur noir des textes "cabalistiques".

 

Suivez les instructions du programme d'installation (si vous n'êtes pas familier avec Mac OS X, rendez vous sur le site de Apple pour plus de détails sur l'installation).

 

Formattage de votre disque dur

Au début du programme d'installation, aller au menu "Utilitaires" et choisir "Utilitaires de disque" pour partitionner et formater votre disque dur. Il est impératif de choisir "Mac OS X étendu (journalisé)" et, dans les options, on choisit GUID pour le partitionnement. Une fois complété, on peut passer à l'installation proprement dite de OS X.

 

Quand l'installation est terminée, cliquez sur "Redémarrer".

Re-booter le PC à partir du CD de Empire EFI (via Bios ou F12 - voir plus haut)

Remplacer le DVD d'installation de SL par le CD de Empire EFI

Sélectionner le disque dur sur lequel vous venez d'installer OS X

 

3- Post installation EMPIRE

Votre PC ouvre maintenant en OS X. Vous avez même droit au message de bienvenue et à l'enregistrement de votre installation. On vous propose à la fin de transférer des données depuis un autre Mac. Si besoin est, vous le ferez plus tard. Vous pouvez aussi attendre pour les configurations réseau.

 

Pour l'instant votre disque dur n'est pas encore "bootable". Il fonctionne avec Empire EFI comme béquille. Il s'agit maintenant de le rendre "autonome".

 

À partir du Finder (menu Fichier/Nouvelle fenêtre du Findet, si besoin) aller à Empire EFI/Extra/PostInstallation.

 

À l'aide de myHack installation, utiliser les kexts requis: fakesmc, FramebufferDisabler, LegacyAppleRTC_32bit_Only, NullCPUPowerManagement, OpenHaltRestart, PlatformUUID

Soyez patient: myHack Installation automatise l'installation des kexts, mais ralentit énormément le processus. Quelques minutes.

 

Roulez DPCI manager.

 

Votre nouveau PC est bootable. Vous pouvez l'essayer en redémarrant.

 

4- Carte graphique

Tout n'est pas encore fonctionnel. Il est possible que OS X ne reconnaisse pas votre carte graphique et ne puisse ne tirer toutes les possibilités.

Ouvrez EFI Studio, choisir votre carte et cliquer "Add Device"

Copier la chaîne de caractères qui apparaît dans la partie inférieure de la fenêtre.

Copier sur le bureau le fichier VotreDisque/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist (créé par Empire à l'étape précédente)

L'ouvrir avec Text Edit. Juste avant la ligne </dict>, insérer le texte suivant:

	<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>y</string>
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1680x1050x32</string>
<key>device-properties</key>
<string></string>

Entre les balises <string></string>, coller la chaîne de caractères générée par EFI STUDIO pour votre carte graphique. Enregistrer.

 

Remplacer le le fichier VotreDisque/Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist par celui que vous venez d'enregistrer sur votre bureau.

 

5. Activer le son et activer Bonjour

Les entrées et sorties son de la carte mère n'apparaissent pas dans la fenêtre des préférences système. Pour qu'elles soient reconnues, on ajoute le kext suivant dans les dossier Extra/Extension: legacyHDA.kext (voir "Matériel" plus bas).

 

Après l'ajout manuel de ce kext (en draguant), on donne les commandes suivantes sur le terminal pour finaliser l'installation du kext (valable pour toute installation manuelle de kexts):

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Extra/Extensions
sudo chmod -R go-w /Extra/Extensions
sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /Extra/Extensions.mkext /Extra/Extensions

En cas de problème on peut vider les caches du système en passant par le terminal

sudo rm -fr /Library/Caches/*
sudo rm -fr /System/Library/Caches/*
sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

On peut trouver plus de détails ainsi qu'un script pour la réparation des permissions et la reconstruction des caches sur ICI

 

J'ai aussi installé les fichiers les fichiers dsdt.dsl et dsdt.aml proposés par lordbaco sur InsanelyMac. Ces deux fichiers doivent être installés dans le dossier racine de votre disque de démarrage (au même niveau que le dossier Extra).

 

Votre connexion internet fonctionne, mais vous avez peut-être constaté que Bonjour est instable ou inopérant: accès aux imprimantes réseau, aux dossiers partagés, aux bornes AirPortExpress, etc. Il vous faut corriger ce problème à l'aide de SnowR1000 (voir plus bas "Matériel") qui installe automatiquement le kext requis, lequel a été développé par DaemonES et rendu disponible sur InsanelyMac

 

6. Redémarrez et faites les mises à jourh

Il serait avisé de réparer les permissions à l'aide de l'utilitaire de disques.

 

Si tout roule, il ne vous reste plus qu'à installer les mises à jour 10.6.1 et 10.6.2. La première ne crée aucun problème, mais pour la deuxième, il faut suivre les indications de netkas sur netkas.org

 

MATÉRIEL (cliquer les noms pour télécharger ou obtenir plus de détails)

EMPIRE EFI/, voir aussi Webochronik. Graver Empire sur CD

Mac OS X Install DVD: DVD d'installation de Snow Leopard

EFI STUDIO sur une clé USB

legacyHDA.kext

SnowR1000

dsdt.dsl et dsdt.aml

pfix 2.1.1

myHack Installer

 

 

PETIT PROBLÈME: suspension d'activité instable

La seule mouche, et elle est petite, je n'ai pas pu faire fonctionner le mode "suspension d'activité" même en utilisant le kext proposé par netkas pour la mise à jour à 10.6.2. Vous avez une idée? Pour être plus précis, la suspension d'activité est instable. Elle fonctionne quelques fois, d'autres pas et d'autres fois la souris gèle au réveil.

 

MODIF 09-11-26

Remplacer fakesmc.kext 2.0 par fakesmc.kext 2.5 pour pouvoir monitorer la température du CPU.

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I have a similar mother board but it is a ds5 this method has not worked for me but I translated the post to english

I am getting the ACPI_SMC platformplugin::-waitforservices(AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement) timed out error

 

Here is my recipe to install Snow Leopard on a PC motherboard Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 775 X48 and Intel INTEL | C2Q Q8400 2.66G.

 

COMPONENTS = my hardware

SUMMARY = functionality

INSTALL = Recipe Detail

MATERIAL = List tools, patches, kexts, applications used.

 

COMPONENTS:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-X48-DQ6 775 X48

Processor: CPU INTEL | C2Q Q8400 2.66G

Graphics card: VGA EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR 9800GTX

Memory: MEM 2Gx2 | PATRIOT PGS24G6400ELK

Reader / Writer: DVD_BURN PIONEER | DVR-218LBK

Hard Disk: HD 1T | WD 32M WD10EADS

Tour: CASE ANTEC | SONATA III 500 BK RT

 

SUMMARY:

Equivalent of a Mac Pro for half the price.

Functional to 99%

Empire installed with EFI 1.07 R2

Rolls under 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard)

Problem: standby does not work

 

INSTALLATION

1 - BIOS settings

Integrated Peripherals: SATA RAID / AHCI Mode -> AHCI

ONBOARD SATA / IDE Control Mode -> AHCI

Init Display First -> PEG (or PEG2 depending on the location of the graphics card. Details in the manual of the motherboard)

 

To start with EMPIRE:

OR in the BIOS, set Advanced BIOS features / Hard Disk Boot Priority on the DVD which is housed EMPIRE;

OR F12 to start the computer and choose the DVD

 

2 - Install OS X

Start with Empire PC EFI (this assumes that you have burned Empire EFI iso on a CD).

Wait a minute (the time that the fan slows down).

Eject the CD from EFI Empire.

Insert the installation disk Snow Leopard (SL).

Press F5 to enable the PC to identify the DVD SL.

Wait that SL is recognized.

Be patient while parading in white on black text "cabalistic".

 

Follow the installation program (if you're not familiar with Mac OS X, please visit the Apple website for more details on the installation).

 

Formatting your hard drive

At the beginning of setup, go to menu "Tools" and choose "Disk Utility" to partition and format your hard drive. It is imperative to select "Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)" and in options, we choose GUID partitioning. Once completed, you can go to the actual installation of OS X.

 

When installation is complete, click "Restart".

Re-boot the PC from the CD Empire EFI (via Bios or F12 - see above)

Replace the DVD installation of SL by the CD Empire EFI

Select the hard disk on which you installed OS X

 

3 - Post Installation EMPIRE

Your PC now opens in OS X. You even have the right to greeting and recording your installation. You suggested that the purpose of transferring data from another Mac. If necessary, you will do later. You can also wait for the network configurations.

 

For now your hard drive is not bootable. It works with EFI Empire as a crutch. He is now making "independent".

 

From Finder (menu File / New window Findet if necessary) go to Empire EFI / Extra / postinstall.

 

Using myHack installation, use the kexts required: fakesmc, FramebufferDisabler, LegacyAppleRTC_32bit_Only, NullCPUPowerManagement, OpenHaltRestart, PlatformUUID

Be patient: myHack Installation automates installation of kexts, but greatly slows the process. Few minutes.

 

Roll DPCI manager.

 

Your new PC is bootable. You can try restarting.

 

4 - Graphics Card

All is not yet functional. It is possible that OS X does not recognize your graphics card and can not take all possibilities.

Open EFI Studio, choose your card and click "Add Device"

Copy the string that appears in the bottom of the window.

Copy the desktop file VotreDisque / Extra / com.apple.Boot.plist (created by Empire in the previous step)

Open it with Text Edit. Just before </ dict>, insert the following:

CODE

<key> GraphicsEnabler </ key>

<string> y </ string>

<key> Graphics Mode </ key>

<string> 1680x1050x32 </ string>

<key> device-properties </ key>

<string> </ string>

 

Between the tags <string> </ string>, paste the string generated by EFI Studio to your graphics card. Save.

 

Replace the file VotreDisque / Extra / com.apple.Boot.plist by one you just saved on your desktop.

 

5. Unmute

 

 

FORWARD within days

 

EQUIPMENT

EMPIRE EFI: http://prasys.co.cc/2009/10/empire-efi/ see also Webochronik. Empire Burn CD

Mac OS X Install DVD: DVD installation Snow Leopard

EFI Studio on a USB key: http://www.darwinx86.org/applications/util...6/38-efi-studio

 

 

 

FORWARD

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I have SL installed on this motherboard and everything working but sound. I tried this guide, but the Empire EFI would never see the SL disk after I hit F5, so I reverted to a USB/myhack stick with SL on it and it worked very well. After the install, the graphics were stuck in 1024x768 mode, but I used the EFI Studio v1.1 to create an addition to my com.apple.Boot.plist that included the Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX+ card and now that works really well.

 

However, I have no sound at all, and my sound card isn't even seen in the hardware list.

 

According to this guide http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...10.6.0#Gigabyte , I need the legacyHDA.kext to work. My question is how do I actually install it? I presume I need to dowload it, put it in the /Extras/Exensions folder, fix the permissions, and then will it "just work"?

 

When I read this post, http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=140941 , which is apparently the definitive post on that audio controller, I see something about an "enabler for people who do not want to edit the DSDT". How do I install that? Admittedly I am new at this, and at this point unsure about what goes where.

 

It would be really nice to get the sound working and any help would be appreciated.

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However, I have no sound at all, and my sound card isn't even seen in the hardware list.

 

According to this guide http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...10.6.0#Gigabyte , I need the legacyHDA.kext to work. My question is how do I actually install it? I presume I need to dowload it, put it in the /Extras/Exensions folder, fix the permissions, and then will it "just work"?

My experience is that sound works with legacyHDA.kext AND dsdt.dsl and dsdt.aml (download links in my Matériel list - first post)

 

Installing kext is simple. Drag kext file in /Extra/Extensions Folder and activate via those terminal commands:

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Extra/Extensions
sudo chmod -R go-w /Extra/Extensions
sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /Extra/Extensions.mkext /Extra/Extensions

dsdt files should be installed at the root level of your installation (same as boot file and Extra folder)

After installing, empty caches via Terminal using those commands

sudo rm -fr /Library/Caches/*
sudo rm -fr /System/Library/Caches/*
sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

Restart and look for Sound inputs and outputs in System Preferences Sound Pane. Select the one you are using and enjoy.

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Thanks. That worked like a charm. I now have a fully functional SL install with sound at 10.6.2. I will post my install method in detail now that I have the last piece in place just in case someone else has the same failure of the Empire EFI that I had.

 

I have ten years of experience with Linux and fully understand the module loading/unloading in that OS, but Darwin is a totally different beast.

 

If you are of the mind to indulge me, do you have any references that explain the flow of things at boot time in the osx86 world? What exactly does the DSDT.ami and the DSDT.dsl do? I presume they are like BIOS extensions or something? I am getting a glimpse of what the caches are for, but don't have the slightest notion how the commands to clear them and reestablish them work.

 

I never mind cookie cutter solutions, but I'd love to understand more about the process if someone has a great reference. I've read a ton, but it's like trying to trace spaghetti in a bowl and find some pattern ;-)

 

Thanks for all your and others work on this project.

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I'll include the method I used to install Snow Leopard on nearly the same hardware so others can see the alternatives. I could not get Empire EFI to read the disk after I pressed F5 (tried it several times) and reverted to using a USB thumb drive to install it. So here is how I did it and some of the minor modifications I used to fix small irritating issues.

 

Hardware:

GA-X48-DQ6 775 X48 RT

PU INTEL|C2Q Q9400 2.66G 775 45N R

8 Gb of DDR2 1200 RAM -- two sets of MEM 2Gx2|G.SKILL F2-9600CL6D-4GBRH

EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR 9800GTX RT

DVD BURNER SAMSUNG | SH-S223B

HD 500G|WD WD5001AALS + HD 1T|WD 7K 32M SATA2 WD1001FALS

 

Needed to complete this task:

1] Snow Leopard Install disk, the $29 version (I actually qualified for an upgrade!)

2] A thumb drive of at least 8 Gb.

3] Another Mac to do the prep work on.

4] A copy of the Conti Installer (myHack Installer 1.0 RC4.1) from this link.

5] A copy of the EFI Studio softare from the Kexts.com website: Link

6] Download the legacyHDA.kext, the dsdt.dsl, and the dsdt.aml files from those links provided in Le père citrouillard's most excellent post at the first of this thread.

 

 

Procedure:

1] Make a disk image (*.dmg) of the Snow Leopard $29 disk in preparation for transferring it to a thumb drive. You put the SL disk into the DVD drive of another Mac and image the CD. Open the Mac disk utility and make sure to select the actual Snow Leopard CD in the left hand pane. Then at the top click the "New Image" icon/option. Select where to save the image, such as the desktop, and then make the image. It's about 5.6 Gb, so it takes a while.

 

When that is finished, eject the install DVD.

 

2] Format the thumb drive. Use the open disk utility to make a single partition on the 8 Gb thumb drive. Select the drive in the left hand pane, not the partition below it. Then when highlighted, select the "Partition" option below the right menu bar. At the drop down box labelled "Volume Scheme" above the partition graphical representation, select "1 partition". From the options button below it and the pop-up that results, make sure you are formatting for a "GUID Partition" type or this WILL NOT WORK. Name your thumbdrive OSX86 or some other name of your liking.

 

When everthing is selected, hit the apply button and let it finish.

 

3] Restore the Snow Leopard Disk image to the thumb drive. From the row of buttons near the top that has the partition button on it, select the "restore" button. When the resultant dialogue box pops up, drag the Snow Leopard Instll DMG file into the "source" line, and the OSX86 partition (or whatever you named yours) into the destination field. I checked "erase destination" and it worked, so do that also. Click the restore button.

 

When finished, you may need to rename the thumb drive OSX86 again, then hit apply.

 

IF you get some weird error message about the image needing to be checked for restore, go to the top level menu of the disk utility (top menu bar on the mac screen), and verify the disk image. It is the 'images->restore' menu selection.

 

4] Make the USB Snow Leopard install thumb drive bootable by installing the bootloader from the MyHack installer. Run that program, but BE CAREFUL NOT TO INSTALL IT ON YOUR OSX DRIVE!! It WILL RUIN YOUR INSTALL. So DO NOT miss the destination button or it will default to your OSX drive and you will hose it ;-) The correct destination is obviously your thumb drive names OSX86, or whatever you called it.

 

Now you have a Snow Leopard bootable install on a thumb drive.

 

Eject it and proceed to your Hackintosh.

 

Select the correct BIOS settings. As Le père citrouillard said, set your SATA drives to the AHCI interface. In the integrated peripherals, se the SATA RAID/AHCI mode to AHCI. Set the Onboard SATA/IDE control mode to AHCI. Make sure you disable the floppy presence, and the other defaults should work.

 

Set the BIOS to boot from the USB drive. Set the Hard drive as the first boot device and from the hard drive priority option above it, select the USB Drive now plugged into your USB port.

 

Save the settings and you'll boot into the USB Install drive and simply install OSX Snow Leopard in the usual fashion.

 

When finished, leave the USB Thumb drive in place and when you reboot, the boot loader from that device will now afford you the option of selecting either that device OR your new OSX install (the right option). Select your new intall and Snow Leopard will boot. You'll be in 1024x768 graphics mode, so don't panic. You will have no sound. Still not a problem.

 

Copy the MyHack installer to your newly booted OSX install along with the EFI Studio zip file. Rerun the MyHack installer, but THIS TIME select the actual OSX drive.

 

When finished, eject the USB install drive, and reboot. This time, you'll be booting from the OSX drive and you'll have one option - your OSX install. You'll reboot back into the crude graphics mode, which you'll fix in a minute.

 

Now, unzip the EFI Studio sofware and fire it up. In the drop down box select your video card and hit the add hardware button. You'll see a text field generated along with a bunch of binary at the bottom. I copied the text and pasted it into my /Extra/com.apple.Boot.plist file using the command line editor, vi. Unless you are *nux geek, you should try some other text editor for the job. As was mentioned in the original thread, I made sure this code was present just before my pasted graphics card text:

 

<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>

<string>y</string>

 

Then I pasted the text. Save the file.

 

Then hit the "add to com.apple.Boot.plist" button at the bottom of EFI Studio to add the binary to the file.

 

As per Le père citrouillard's excellent instructions, copy the legacyHDA.kext.zip file to your computer and unzip it. Copy it to the /Extras/Extensions folder. While you are at it, copy the both of the DSDT files to the root directory of your hard drive. Then run the six commands Le père citrouillard instructed.

 

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Extra/Extensions

sudo chmod -R go-w /Extra/Extensions

sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /Extra/Extensions.mkext /Extra/Extensions

 

sudo rm -fr /Library/Caches/*

sudo rm -fr /System/Library/Caches/*

sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

 

(watch that word wrap on the last one, it's all one line).

 

When you restart, you should have a fully funcitoning OSX Leopard Hackintosh upgradable to at least 10.6.2. That's all that is out.

 

Apparently you get no sleep mode, but that doesn't bother me a bit.

 

A couple of things bothered me about the install. 1] the boot theme was unappealing to me, and I liked the theme from this bootloader much better. If the link is dead, look up the Lifehacker install method and get that booloader. DO NOT USE IT FOR THE INSTALL. 10.6.2 kills it on this hardware. BUT, it has a cool theme, so I unzipped it, and using the command line renamed the original /Extra/Themes/Default /Extra/Themes/orig.Default. Then select "view files" when you right click the unzipped EP45UDP3P installer, and browse for the themes folder and the Default folder there. Copy that folder to your /Extra/Themes folder and leave it as 'Default'. Next time you reboot, it'll look better :-)

 

Next I didn't like the other drives on this computer mounting with the external drive icons. So I went to http://www.kexts.com/ and browsed to the 'miscellaneous'->'Fix for orange icons (Snow Leopard)'->page and downloaded the kext to fix it. It is the IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector.kext.zip file. Unzip it and copy it to the /Extras/Extensions folder and fix the cache by executing the first three command lines listed above.

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Extra/Extensions

sudo chmod -R go-w /Extra/Extensions

sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /Extra/Extensions.mkext /Extra/Extensions

 

These are apparently necessary any time you add an extra kext file to that folder.

 

Following that, I was very pleased with the result.

 

I bought a copy of candy bar, found the hackintosh version of the finder icon and installed it. Panic makes great software so I don't mind supporting them.

 

Have fun and hope this helps. Many thanks to Le père citrouillard for giving me the last hint on how to get the sound working. That small tid bit of information made everything I read come together!

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First of all, I'd like to say thanks to the contributors of this thread. I found the information here extremely helpful in building my first hackintosh. I figured I would list my specs and make mention of any problems I ran into in hopes that it will help others like myself...

 

Here's my specs:

OS: Snow Leopard 10.6.2. Installed and booting using the MyHack bootloader as directed.

 

 

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-X48-DQ6

1. Had to start by updating the bios to the latest version (not the beta) before it detected my CPU properly.

2. Built in ethernet was extremely buggy until I installed the kext found at the web address below. I had all kinds of issues with Bonjour and APF (Example: No iTunes shares). Everything is working now!

 

http://www.kexts.com/view/117-realtekr1000...!!.html

 

 

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5GHz

 

 

Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066

 

 

Hard Drive: 160GB IDE

Works great with an IDE to SATA adapter (a lot easier than trying to get Snow Leopard to run off an IDE drive). Here's a link to the one I'm using...

 

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1759

 

 

Graphics Card: GeForce 8800 GTS

Works great after using EFI studio as mentioned in the post above.

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tofuconfetti & Le père citrouillard my thanks to you both.

 

Going though your setup was a snap and in about 40 mins I have a fully functioning Hack Pro. Kudos to you both.

 

I do have one query though. As per your instructions I set the SATA controller to AHCI to install SL, but I this naturally means turning off RAID. I have six disks attached to this PC, two of which are RAID 0 holding Windows 7. SL is on its own SATA drive. With AHCI turned I need to go back into BIOS to turn on RAID and thereby allowing me to boot back to Windows.

 

This is more an inconvenience than a real issue - after all I can't really use the two OSes at the same time! But it would be good to just be able to select (via the BIOS boot menu) which drive I want to boot off in order to select each OS rather than having to turn AHCI on and off.

 

I noticed in the myHack doc page that there is a AppleIntelPIIXATA kext driver which apparently removes the need to have AHCI turned on and according to some reports actually speeds up access (not sure if there is any real validity to that last claim though). I've tried the instructions here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversi...p/t88335-0.html

 

but when I turned RAID back on and booted to the SL drive it brings up a GPT error so I'm assuming the kext did not work.

 

Do you have any experience or insight into how I might be able to turn off AHCI and still get SL to boot? Or, as an alternative is it possible to boot SL off the Gigabyte SATA controller (purple connectors) rather than the ICH9R controller?

 

Grateful for any assistance and again thanks for your hard work in working out the install procedure for the GA-x48-DQ6.

 

BTW my system config is:

 

GA-x48-DQ6

Q9950 C2Q

8 GB Corsair Dominator RAM

2x 750 Samsung (RAID 0) - Win 7x64

2x 500 Seagate (RAID 0) - Ubuntu

2x 250 Seagate (indépendant) Snow Leopard

1 x Samsung DVDR on Gigabyte Controller (AHCI mode)

 

Thanks again

 

Steve

 

- quick update - got SL to boot off the Gigabyte Controller -which is strange because it wouldn't install originally to the drive on this controller. Either way I can switch the ICH9R to RAID again. Awesome!

 

Thanks again to you both, you guys rock.

 

Steve

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hi everyone,

 

just wanna share my experience regarding this cool project... i have successfully installed 10.6.0 in my PC as configured below:

 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6

Processor: Xeon X3220 @ 2.4Ghz

Video Card: Sparkle GeForce 9600GT 512MB GDDR3 256bit

Memory: 4GB Team Dark Extreem 1066 CL5

Hard Drive: 320GB Western Digital 7200

Power Supply: OCZ ModXtreme 600W

DVD: Samsung DVD Writer

 

VC is enabled using: NVEnabler 64.kext

Audio is enabled using: HDAlegacy with the DSDT and AML files

LAN is enabled using: RealtekR1000SL.kext

 

at first, the SL 10.6.0 everything works well, video and audio we're OK. I tried updating the system into 10.6.2 and then suddenly the audio was gone... any one having the same experience? or do you suggest to update first the system before installing the Audio kext and it's files.

 

your help is very much appreciated. Thanks much.

 

james

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I tried updating the system into 10.6.2 and then suddenly the audio was gone... any one having the same experience? or do you suggest to update first the system before installing the Audio kext and it's files.

Just reinstall the audio kext file and rebuild the cache as you did originally and sound will work. Upgrading erases the cache reference.

 

Make sure the legacyHDA.kext is in /Extras/Extensions then do the "six commands" that are recommended to reestatblish the cache as recommended by Le père citrouillard and you should have sound again. Here are the commands once more:

 

== start commands ==

 

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Extra/Extensions

sudo chmod -R go-w /Extra/Extensions

sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /Extra/Extensions.mkext /Extra/Extensions

 

sudo rm -fr /Library/Caches/*

sudo rm -fr /System/Library/Caches/*

sudo kextcache -v 1 -t -l -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions

 

== end commands ==

 

(watch the word wrap on that last line!)

 

I had to redo sound when I upgraded to 10.6.2 and will probably have to when 10.6.3 comes out.

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tofuconfetti,

 

Thanks again for your guide. I've successfully installed 10.6.3 on two GA-X48-DQ6 boards and a GA-X38-DQ6 - which is essentially the same board.

 

I do have a question though. Is it possible to install SL on a RAID 0 configuration running off the ICH9R controller?

I've done a fair bit of searching, but I may not be searching for the right terms or phrases.

 

Currently, I'm running SL on the JMICRON controller and the ICH9R Controller is in RAID Mode - as I have two drives in RAID 0 with Win 7. Under this configuration, SL only sees whats on the JMICRON controller i.e. my DVD Drive and the hard drive SL is installed on. So:

 

1. Is there anyway of getting SL to see the drives on the ICH9R whilst in RAID mode ? my understanding is that RAID Mode for this board still has AHCI activated. I've tried an updated IOATAFamily.kext but it didn't work, I'm assuming its only useful when the ICH9R controller is in AHCI or IDE modes.

 

2. If there is a kext which can make SL see all drives on the ICH9R in RAID mode, how would I modify the installation USB described in your guide, so that I can install SL on two drives in RAID.

 

I did recall reading about a version of AppleAHCIPort.kext which may hold the answer, but as I understand it, there is some conflict between this and the IOATAFamily.kext.

 

 

Thank you in advance, and sorry if there is a post already on this somewhere - of there is, I'd be grateful if you could post it.

 

Thanks again for a great guide.

 

Steve.

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Is it possible to install SL on a RAID 0 configuration running off the ICH9R controller?

Sorry to get back late on this one. I haven't been monitoring this thread very closely of late since everything has just been working well.

 

I don't ever use Raid 0 and don't really know if Apple supports that mode.

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Just upgraded to 10.6.4 with no hitches. No extra hacking required.

 

I did note on other threads people were having trouble with the sleep enabler kext. I have never installed that one. It might be wise to remove it before you upgrade if you've put it there.

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