Brkosebay Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Hey guys today i tried to hackintosh my old pc. I tried booting iatkos v7 on it but it directly went to the ubuntu bootloader. (I settled it up for booting from cd/dvd. Then i tried using empire efi to boot but that didn't boot too. Then i tried putting a windows cd in to the pc and it booted up just fine. I was wondering if you could help me. Thanks Specs: 3.0 Ghz pentium 4 1gb 400 Mhz DDR Ram 128mb Nvidia Geforce Fx 5200 Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet Btw which version of OS X will be the best for it? Thanks Again Edited February 8, 2015 by fantomas1 not respecting the posting guidelines, the topic title has been edited!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 There is no driver support for Geforce 5 series cards from 10.5.6 and up. So 10.5.5 or lower. What's the exact model of the P4 CPU? What's the motherboard chipset? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brkosebay Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 The Chipset is a i865p/GE/G/i848P and its an pentium 4 HT 745. Do you have any suggestions for a wifi card which works in OS X? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I'd have to google that. Be careful, because you'll be running Leopard, someone saying that some card is "supported by OS X" is not enough. You'll want something that's old enough to be supported in Leopard. You need to make sure you find a Wifi card that is old enough that it has 32-bit drivers - you will not be able to run OS X in 64-bit mode with your CPU, the model 745 is 32-bit only. This means that with the CPU you have the highest you can go is 10.7.5 - but for that you'd need a series 8 Geforce card. I guess your motherboard is old enough to have an AGP slot instead of PCI-Express so it would have to be an AGP card. Those are probably not easy to find. Intel Macs never had AGP ports so OS X has no AGP driver for Intel, data will travel at regular PCI speed to and from the video card. It's good enough for desktop work but forget gaming above 640x480. Chipset is North+ Southbridge. You only mentioned your Northbridge, and that was copy pasted from somewhere. Before you start - know your hardware. It is either one of the three versions of the 865 or the 848p. It can't be all of them at the same time. That said, your Southbridge is most likely the ICH5 - don't try to use the PATA and the SATA ports at the same time unless you're prepared to lose your hair. Stick with SATA and disable the PATA ports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brkosebay Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I have a photo of the mainboard section on cpu-z Hope it will be enough. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 His limit is 10.5.5 with the hardware he has. There is no support for Geforce 5 series cards in Snow Leopard. I remember having a hard time getting PATA and SATA to work at the same time on my first hackintosh. Asus P5P800-SE board, i865PE with ICH5. Lion requires a 64-bit CPU when running in 32-bit kernel and drivers mode? I have a photo of the mainboard section on cpu-zHope it will be enough. Enough for what? As you can see yourself, there is no new information in that picture. For your hardware, I recommend the "JaS 10.5.4 Client/Server" distro. It probably won't be easy to find.. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/120224-jas-osx86-1054-client-server-intel-sse2-sse3/ http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/120269-jas-osx86-1054-client-server-intel-sse2-sse3-released/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I can't believe how smug Apple are.. So the OS required a 64-bit CPU but you couldn't actually run it in 64-bit kernel and drivers mode unless your Mac had 64-bit EFI firmware. Your 64-bit CPU Mac running a 32-bit kernel, 32-bit drivers.. and 64-bit chess.app lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brkosebay Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 Guys this is annoying. For some reason my computer doesnt wanna boot anything os x related. What could be the problem? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Don't be such a noob. It could be for any one in a million reasons. What are we supposed to do, guess? Boot in verbose mode and post a photo or something. More information = better help You have already been told that you will not be able to run anything higher than 10.5.5 with the hardware you have. Unless you have bought new hardware, this has not changed. "my computer doesn't wanna boot anything OS X related" is not very specific, we can help you but please post exactly what you're doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxMr.ManxX Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Leopard would Defiantly be Best, Although you Might be Able to run Snow Leopard If you Would Like to Install SnowLeo Follow These Steps (I have installed on a P4 Multiple Times with this Method) 1.) Burn a Nawcom Mod cd 2.) Boot from it and Switch the Nawcom cd for a Retail (Has to be Retail you can get them for about $20) SnowLeo DVD 3.) Go to Utilities>Disk Utility and Erase your Main HDD in Mac OS Extended 4.) Click Customize and Check the Things you Want to install 5.) Click Install (The Install Will Take about 30-20 minutes) Chameleon Will be Taken Care of by the Nawcom cd. Here is a Link to some Realtek Drivers (I did not test them Myself) http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7963/realtek-rtl8139-810x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codinger Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Are u trying to boot osx from usb or from CD? I would try http://iatkos.me/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3068 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Leopard would Defiantly be Best, Although you Might be Able to run Snow Leopard Not with the video card he has, please pay attention before giving advice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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