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[zpliptzy]

So, I initially began this project wanting to install OS X 10.6 on a friend's AMD bulldozer laptop. That turns out to not be so easy-most signs pointed to the CPU being the main roadblock. Previous to this I had installed OS X on my personal desktop on a separate hard drive using Empire EFI boot disk, and a retail 10.6 disk. I got it to boot, and that was enough for me at the time. After putting my friend's laptop aside, I decided I would try a dual-boot option on on my desktop. I had erased the hard drive that I installed my copy of 10.6 on while trying to install on my friend's laptop, so I retried the install replicating exactly what I did before, and it wouldnt even get to the install process. I've tried as much as I think I can-disabled all peripherals in the bios, removed all unnecessary cards, tried multiple guides on how to make a bootable Lion USB disk, removed all overclocks, changed installed system memory to a single 2gb stick...and I dont think I'm getting anywhere. I'm an experienced PC user/troubleshooter, but Mac is a completely new world-different terminology, different requirements, and it doesnt help that it's not meant to be done. Here's what I think is holding me up-my PC is watercooled-the CPU and GPUs are both watercooled. I've read Mac doesnt really like SLI too much. The problem is it's physically very difficult to remove one of the cards, even if it's just a temporary displacement. I'd be willing to do it if I knew that I'd at least be able to install Lion so I can get to the drivers after. Bascially, I need somebody to point me in the right direction. Here's my hardware:

i7 920
Asus Rampage III Formula (x58)
12GB ddr3 (6x2GB)
2x Gigabyte GTX 580's

I've been creating the bootable USB disks by using a virtual machine (VMWare Workstation 8.0.4) of 10.7.4. If I need an actual mac, I could find one if necessary. Oh, and I cant get 10.6 or 10.7 to install...Tried 10.6 for a day, didnt get anywhere so now I want to try 10.7.

[rlf]

Here is a guide for your motherboard:

http://www.insanelym...howtopic=267001

[Rampage Dev]

Here is my Guide for Mountain Lion and Lion installation:

http://rampagedev.wo...-mountain-lion/

This is a retail method which is the safest and easiest to troubleshoot.

[zpliptzy]

Success!!! With the guide linked by Here To Help, I finally got it to boot. Upon boot, just had to install the kext for my ethernet, and it appears everything is functional. I'm typing this from my new Hackintosh To get it to boot, I had to remove one of my 580's, and the install went fairly smooth after that. Just had to keep moving the mouse every few minutes, or I couldnt get the display to come up after it turning off. Oh, and I couldnt get Lion to install, so I put on Mountain Lion. Also, when I scroll, the scrolling is inverted. I'd rather not have to get used to that. Anyway, how can I ensure that all devices have installed drivers?

[rlf]

Scrolling: go to Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Mouse and uncheck the "Scroll direction: natural"

Device drivers: the only way to be sure is to test the components and see that they are working. If they aren't working, they need a driver.

[Rampage Dev]

Glad I was able to help. Now you just need to start doing research to create your own DSDT.