dazzler22 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Hi All, Been a member on this forum for quite a while now, just reading and lurking, Recently I decided to upgrade my 5 year old Hack. My hack was quite happy running SL with my E5200 C2D but I managed to pick up a Xeon super cheap (under £10) and the mod sticker to go with it, my mission was to try to get my hack up to mavericks or Yosemite, figured i would start at the top... So i got hold of Niresh's version of Yosemite and set about trying to install the trouble is that i always get right to the end of the installation and get the error "OS X couldn't be installed" and i get a log file or it reboots starts the boot sequence then my monitor turns off... my question is in this massive log file what am i looking for as the fail point? would it be the start of the log before all the report crash's? as for the monitor turning off im guessing this is a graphics issue? although i was under the impression that the 9800GT was supported? (cant remember the steps i took for SL now as it was so long ago...) Any help appreciated at this point im even willing to accept the verbal spanking Thanks Daz PS. Can attach log when i get home, at work at the mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Create a vanilla Yosemite USB stick and boot it with clover. You'll find many guides here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzler22 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Ok finally got it working, did end up using the zone version, after reseting to optimised defaults in the bios, also found onesone else on here with the same board and a working Dsdt, so now i have Yosemite working with sleep mode (wake up is a little clumsy with my apple magic mouse and bluetooth keyboard, I have to press power to wake it up. not sure if there is any other way.. to the search!) otherwise seems to be working well, the Xeon mod on this board is a must to anyone running a plain core 2! Cheers Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArmLessWonder Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Hey ! I have a friend with this same board, do you mind providing a quick guide ? Post the DSDT and other kext if need perhaps? Thank in advance. I would like to here more about your set up and if every thing works 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzler22 Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Sure when I'm in front of my work pc tomorrow I will put the link on here for the guide I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzler22 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-desktop-support/146938-yosemite-gigabyte-ga-g41m-es2l-working.html www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-desktop-guides/145284-gigabyte-ga-g41m-combo-rev-1-3-1-4-fully-working-yosemite.html these are the 2 guides that i used, the real help was setting the bios to optimized defaults first and then setting HPET to 64bit in the bios, I then used the hackintosh zone usb installer created using transmac. follow the top link guide and let me know how you get on. Cheers Daz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymousnbs Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-desktop-support/146938-yosemite-gigabyte-ga-g41m-es2l-working.html www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-desktop-guides/145284-gigabyte-ga-g41m-combo-rev-1-3-1-4-fully-working-yosemite.html these are the 2 guides that i used, the real help was setting the bios to optimized defaults first and then setting HPET to 64bit in the bios, I then used the hackintosh zone usb installer created using transmac. follow the top link guide and let me know how you get on. Cheers Daz Remove link .. because rule forum .. never link forum different and u watching and follow video https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kH9TDSlejPc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArmLessWonder Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks guys ! I'll look in to this ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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