Wangi444 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I have a computer with the specs: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AMD II Phenom X6 1055T (2.8Ghz) G.Skill 2X2 Gb RAM @ 1600 MSI HD 5770 Hawk Intel VX-25 SSD 640GB WD HDD So I did my research, and all the hardware is compatible. My question is, how do I put it all together. Am I supposed to install 10.5.x first, and then just upgrade to snow leopard? Or do I just plop in a copy of iAtkos s3 v2, and pray that it works? I'm also confused to how I use the drivers for the 5770. It's compatible, but based on my logic, I'm guessing you install the drivers AFTER installation. But how can that be possible? No drivers = No support = no video. Or am is there something that you're supposed to do that allows a generic video output until the drivers are installed for full support? Keep in mind that I have never done this before, and so bear with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 <br />I have a computer with the specs:<br /><br />ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3<br />AMD II Phenom X6 1055T (2.8Ghz)<br />G.Skill 2X2 Gb RAM @ 1600<br />MSI HD 5770 Hawk<br />Intel VX-25 SSD<br />640GB WD HDD<br /><br />So I did my research, and all the hardware is compatible. My question is, how do I put it all together. Am I supposed to install 10.5.x first, and then just upgrade to snow leopard? Or do I just plop in a copy of iAtkos s3 v2, and pray that it works?<br /><br />I'm also confused to how I use the drivers for the 5770. It's compatible, but based on my logic, I'm guessing you install the drivers AFTER installation. But how can that be possible? No drivers = No support = no video. Or am is there something that you're supposed to do that allows a generic video output until the drivers are installed for full support?<br /><br />Keep in mind that I have never done this before, and so bear with me.<br /> You can install the "driver" for 5770 after installation: without "drivers" you can see the desktop at fixed resolution, without hardware acceleration, but see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wangi444 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 alright I understand that, but how do I actually install snow leopard? The retail dvd is like 8gb, but iAtkos is only 3.4gb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 <br />alright I understand that, but how do I actually install snow leopard? The retail dvd is like 8gb, but iAtkos is only 3.4gb...<br /> With your hardware retail installation is not a good way; try Iatkos S3 or Snow Hazard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wangi444 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 I was just stating how strange it is that the retail is 8gb, while a distro is less than half... any reason for this displacement? And I realize I need a distro, but I'm unsure what to do after... do I just put it in and install it like any other os? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I was just stating how strange it is that the retail is 8gb, while a distro is less than half... any reason for this displacement? And I realize I need a distro, but I'm unsure what to do after... do I just put it in and install it like any other os? With Iatkos or Hazard you boot the system with the DVD only. You must install on a primary partition (inzialized with Mac OSX journaled filesystem with disk utility by installation DVD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLR Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 The retail version includes about 4GB of different languages and printer drivers and other garbage that most people don't need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wangi444 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 The retail version includes about 4GB of different languages and printer drivers and other garbage that most people don't need. That makes sense, I slipstream my windows OS discs, so I should have known the makers of the distros would do something similar And as for installation, does the disk utility come with iAtkos, or do i actually need a retail dvd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 That makes sense, I slipstream my windows OS discs, so I should have known the makers of the distros would do something similar And as for installation, does the disk utility come with iAtkos, or do i actually need a retail dvd Use the disk utility of iAtkos (is the same of retail DVD). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wangi444 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 So the installation process should look something like: 1. Set BIOS to boot from DVD 2. Format Primary Drive using Disk Utility 3. Install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 So the installation process should look something like: 1. Set BIOS to boot from DVD 2. Format Primary Drive using Disk Utility 3. Install 4) Select the right kexts and fixes for you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wangi444 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 4) Select the right kexts and fixes for you.. Alright, it doesn't seem to hard. thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y01tzkev Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Did you have any luck with the above hardware? I'm looking to purchase the same CPU but this motherboard: ASUS M4A88T-M AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Buy an Intel CPU and a motherboard with Intel chipset. AMD platforms are far less compatible and require lots of workarounds, there are many solutions for Intel hardware that you can't use on AMD, etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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