ive scene enough Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 OK: the intel employee purchase program just announced that this would be the mother board in their bundle. From my current findings, no one has gotten it to work as a hackintosh. this is not good. I intend to make it work. WHOS WITH ME? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyvau Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I too will be taking part in the intel employee purchase program and I too will be turning it into a hackintosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ive scene enough Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 i was really hoping they would dump some "old" 975xbx2s on us. i want to try and figure as much out about this as possible before i get my hands on the mobo, as if its new in box i think i can trade it/sell and buy something useful more easily that other wise. hopefully my intel rep will be at my store tomorrow. i might talk with him and see if i cant just swap them out on the side.... unlikely, but im an ass and i will ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former PC Fanboy Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I will also be participating in the Intel program. I wish this board can be figured out so that Leopard 10.5 is going to run on it. I just finished pricing out a system with this board and it looks like for under $800 I can put together Q6600 Quad Core, 8GB of RAM, 250GB HD, and DVD Burner along with a sound-proof case. I was thinking about using my ATI x1650 512MB video card if that too can be figured out soon, if not I'll have to either use the on-board graphics or buy something else. Though I suppose with those kinds of specs even MacOS under VMWare or some other emulation software would run as smooth as native! Not getting the intel board to work and having to buy a whole new board will add to the cost signifiantly which I do not want to do if its at all possible to avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 If the Gigabyte GA-G33-DS3R works then why not this board? (Well at least I think that mobo works) They both seem to use the same chipset... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ive scene enough Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 i just ordered a 975xbx2 just incase it doesnt work. any word with leopard out now of new successes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ion Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I tried almost everything without luck. DG33TL is strongly unrecommended for osx86. It just doesn't start the installation from the DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarfalke Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 @ everybody Any luck with this mobo: GA-G33M-DS2R (with 10.5) I just ordered it yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ion Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Drako, the GigaByte board is fully working however you need a video card if you need Quartz Extreme. I ordered this board too because the DG33TL is hopeless. I'm so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmoncu Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 are there any updates whether this board works under leopard? i mean given the options like ToH and the flat image perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ion Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 I think it'll work. I managed to install a version of 10.4.10 with Serial ATA DVD drive and with nvidia 7300gt. LAN doesn't work but i use wifi (asus wl 138g v2), and i couldn't get to work the Sigmatel 9271D audiochip yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplink Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 i got the DG33TL too ... and i tried the leo DVD install and i have the "still waiting for root device" any suggestion anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ion Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 OK, DG33TL sound is working now, kexts for Sigmatel STAC9271D are attached but they are for testing only. Watch Taruga's AppleHDA topic for future reference. I used Kext Helper b7 to install the kexts: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=54098 I ran Kext Helper then dragged the two kexts onto the window. I had to type my password in the window and click Install button. If you don't have a password just type something then delete it and the Install button will activate. After the first restart OS X didn't start - it stucked at the grey startup screen with the apple logo but after that i started OS X with -v switch. STAC9271D_0x83847627_testing.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplink Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I successfully install 10.4.10 whit ich9 recognition on the DG33TL (so i guess its not so bad mobo after all...). i'll now try to install the sound, but i cant find any idea how to install the 82566 LAN ... any idea onyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ion Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 If i were you i'd bought a very cheap PCI LAN card or Wifi card. I bought an Asus wl138g v2 wifi card. Afaik there are no solution for this 82566DC nic. These lan cards are very cheap, search for the most compatible card which suits your needs: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...8#Network_Cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmoncu Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 at what level this motherboard works with OSX x86? like using ToH? or the flat image? if it worked, are there specific bios entries that needed to be changed (or bios versions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplink Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 anyone know if geforce 8400 GS working on tiger? i tried to install the NVinject but with not success ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmoncu Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 bumping up this thread... i was wondering if anyone had success at installing osx on this motherboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplink Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 i success, but without LAN and GFX ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpsiemer Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 i'd be really interested in seeing what can be done with this board... so, officially, what is working and what is not?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmoncu Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 it seems no one has interest at trying leopard or tiger on this board too bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanTarget Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I too am participating in the Intel bundle and was really hoping to build a mac with it, has there been any word on if this is possible using this mobo? I was hoping to instal leo on this setup, but from what some of the other posts have stated I am assuming I will need lan, sound, and gfx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent PY Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 i too got the bundle and have tried installing leopard. mine stops at BSM auditing present. it does this for a -dd flat image install and the patched install dvd. it apears at first that intel has put a little chip on out board so apple can stop it from working by default. every google search turns up nothing to relate to this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViveLaBiere Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Hi Guys ! I'm a total noob at this but I just installed Kalyway Leopard 10.5.1 on my Q6700 + DG33TL Bundle. Install went fine. I just don't have any sound or Network. Anybody know if network drivers are available for this mobo? Or what's the best PCI gigabit NIC supported ? My Specs (Quadzilla) Intel Q6700 DG33TL Mobo 4 Gig Crucial Balistix PC-8500 ATI Radeon X1900 Pro Pioneer DVR-212 SATA dvdrw Seagate 7200.11 500Gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyvau Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hi Guys ! I'm a total noob at this but I just installed Kalyway Leopard 10.5.1 on my Q6700 + DG33TL Bundle. Install went fine. I just don't have any sound or Network. Anybody know if network drivers are available for this mobo? Or what's the best PCI gigabit NIC supported ? My Specs (Quadzilla) Intel Q6700 DG33TL Mobo 4 Gig Crucial Balistix PC-8500 ATI Radeon X1900 Pro Pioneer DVR-212 SATA dvdrw Seagate 7200.11 500Gig I've tried installing Kalyway Leopard 10.5.1 on my system, which is basically the same as your system except I have 2GB of RAM and am using on board video. However when it boots all I get is the Grey Apple Logo and I get no further. What did you do in order to actually get to the installer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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