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GUIDE UPDATED 06/02/11! Now fully functioning OS X installation and also guide is easier to follow! To view the original guide please see post number 3 of this thread.
Hey there guys (and gals)!
I have finally got my Mac OS X installation fully functioning (now 100% working!) after almost 1 month of tinkering and hair pulling. Since this community has helped me quite a bit, I have decided to do a guide (tutorial) of sorts to help others that may have a system similar to mine. Below are my system specs, but I am going to assume this method should work for a system similar to mine.
System Specs:
Intel Core i7 2600K [HT On] [5.0GHz] [1.440V] || Corsair H50 [Push/Pull Exhaust] || Asus P8P67 Pro [BIOS 1606] || MSI R6870 Twin Frozr II [Crossfire] [1000MHz Core] [1200MHz Memory] || Patriot Sector 5 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1600 [1600MHz] [1.65V] [8-8-8-24-2T] || OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB [OS X], Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB [RAID0] [OS X Data], Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB [RAID1] [OS X Backup], Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB [Windows 7], Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB [External Data] || LG Super Multi Blue GGC-H20L || Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1.25kW || Asus MK241H, Samsung SyncMaster 2232BW+ || Cooler Master Stacker 830 [Modded] || Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro || Logitech Z-5500 || Sony MDR-V6 || Apple Magic Mouse, Apple Magic Trackpad, Logitech G700 || Razer Vespula || Apple Wireless Keyboard, Logitech G110 || Apple Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Prerequisites:
Andy's Boot CD 4.0 [Download]
Retail Mac OS X 10.6.3 DVD (or earlier Snow Leopard DVD)
Mac OS X 10.6.7 Combo Update [Download]
MultiBeast (Only required if you don’t have P8P67 Pro, or if you need something from it)[latest version] {Download}
TRIM Supporter (only download if you have an SSD) [Download]
Antipop (only download if you hate the popping noises OS X makes when it turns off the sound) [Download]
Preliminary Steps:
1. Download everything in the prerequisites and burn it on a CD/DVD or Blu-ray or put it on an external hard drive or USB flash drive.
2. Burn Andy's Boot CD 4.0 onto a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray (I wouldn't waste a Blu-ray though .)
3. Turn off your computer.
Installation Steps:
1. Unplug every other drive from your system minus the DVD drive and the target installation hard drive. (You don't NEED to do this, but I would just so it won't screw up your Windows 7, or whatever, installation.)
2. Spam the delete key to get into the BIOS.
3. Using UEFI or BIOS change your boot order to DVD drive first, then your HDD second. (Note: at this step you can choose to revert everything to stock, but my installation went fine at my 5GHz overclock and with my 16GB RAM and both of my 6870s.)
4. Save UEFI or BIOS settings and reboot.
5. Pop in Andy's Boot CD and make sure your computer boots off of it.
6. Wait for the bootloader to finish loading.
7. Once your are at the Andy bootloader screen remove the Boot CD.
8. Pop in your retail OS X installation DVD.
9. Wait for the light on the drive to go out.
10. Press F5 (or spam it).
11. Once the Mac OS X Installation DVD appears navigate (using your arrow keys) to it and hit "Enter".
12. Wait for OS X to load.
13. Once you see the installation screen go to the top and hit "Utilities" and then "Disk Utility".
14. Format your HDD to Mac OS X Journaled (Extended) [partition it however you like].
15. Once that's done close "Disk Utility".
16. Continue the installation of OS X (this takes nearly 30 minutes depending on your hardware and what you are installing).
17. Eat popcorn, walk the dog, leave your computer, w/e but make sure to check back every so often.
18. Once the installation finishes and it asks you to reboot remove the OS X installation DVD and insert Andy's Boot CD again.
19. Reboot.
20. Let it boot off the Boot CD again and select your OS X drive (your hard drive) once the bootloader appears.
21. Finish the installation (we’re almost there!).
Post-Installation Steps:
1. Log in into your newly installed Hackintosh!
2. Move all of the files downloaded in the prerequisites onto your desktop.
3. Run the 10.6.7 combo update and then reboot by booting from the Boot CD again.
4. Run Andy's P8P67 Pro Package (it is on the Andy's Boot CD) [only use the ATI6000 package if you have a supported ATI 6000 graphics card, otherwise use the other package].
5. Get this SleepEnabler.kext from here (http://www.kexts.com...w/1057-sleepena ... 0.7.1.html).
6. Put it in Extra/Extensions folder on your root drive.
7. Run Kext Utility to repair permissions (Kext Utility is on Andy’s Boot CD) and edit your com.apple.Boot.plist to add “pmVersion=23” string (without quotes) to the “Kernal Flags” key (my bootloader as an example is listed below).
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>arch=x86_64 pmVersion=23</string> <key>GraphicsEnabler</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>5</string> <key>Legacy Logo</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>UseKernelCache</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>UseMemDetect</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist>8. SKIP THIS STEP! It is no longer needed because the DSDT.aml is now automatically inserted via Andy's package. Put the DSDT.aml (it’s attached on this post) into Extra/Extensions folder on your root drive.
9. If you have an SSD run TRIM Supporter.
10. If you hate the popping noises that OS X makes when it turns off the sound run antipop.
11. Reboot from your hard drive by removing the Boot CD.
12. Everything should be working now (eSATA, ethernet, USB 3, SATA 3, bluetooth, sleep, wake from sleep, etc.)!
13. From here on out if your system is working and you’re happy with it then you’re done and can close this guide. Otherwise, keep going!
Cleaning Up:
1. After the reboot hopefully everything is working. Check your About This Mac to check that all of your hardware is recognized.
2. Try running DVD Player.
3. Try running GeekBench.
4. Try running Cinebench.
5. Try running other OpenGL games.
If everything works then you are golden! Otherwise, check the troubleshooting section below!
Troubleshooting:
Graphics:
Set GraphicsEnabler=Yes in your com.apple.Boot.plist to get pull graphical acceleration via Chimera (or Chameleon). To get DVD Player and Geekbench working make sure to set a framebuffer (eg. AtiConfig=Duckweed).
Note: Duckweed is the framebuffer that worked for me (and others, apparently), but if it does not work for your try others (listed below).
List of possible framebuffers:
Pithecia Bulrushes Cattail Hydrilla Duckweed Fanwort Elodea Kudzu Gibba Lotus Ipomoea
Overlocking:
You CAN overclock, but you need to do a few things first. Make sure to disable EIST (Intel Enhanced SpeedStep Technology) in BIOS. Then you can overclock via Turbo or base multiplier (I got my chip to 5GHz with this, but I run it at 4.2GHz for 24/7 use). My Geekbench and Cinebench scores are listed below. NOTE: Overclocking can be potential hazardous so do it at your own risk.
Here are my Cinebench and Geekbench scores with a failed 4.2GHz overclock (ie. EIST is still enabled in BIOS):
Here are my updated Cinebench and Geekbench scores running a 4.2GHz overclock:
Dual booting:
If you want to dual boot OS X with another OS (ie. Windows 7, Ubuntu, etc.) then what I would recommend is to install the other OS on a SEPARATE hard drive. You can install it on a separate partition, but frankly it is safer on a whole separate drive. Once you finish installing OS X just install the other OS on the other drive. Then boot off your OS X drive and select your desired OS via Chimera or Chameleon.
MultiBeast:
MultiBeast is not necessary if you have a P8P67 Pro board since everything is in the Andy package. If you have a Deluxe or Vanilla board (or another P67/Z68) board then you might need to use MultiBeast to get some of your stuff working. Otherwise, everything should be golden!
Conclusion:
Well ladies and gentlemen that is all there is to it! Frankly, I think installing OS X on a PC is quite easy and more fun then installing Windows 7 and at the end of the day I use both Windows 7 and OS X for different purposes, so frankly all the arguing about which is better is pointless and since I built my own computer I get the best of both worlds
If you have any questions/comments/suggestions/or whatever then please post in this thread or PM me and I'll be more then glad to address it!
Oh, PS and BTW...Taylor Swift inspired me to take the daunting task of figuring out how to install OS X and actually installing it and getting it to work all the way to writing this guide. Don't ask me why or how...she just did. I <3 her and Taylor Swift FTW
