jimmyco2008

Hey all,

I got a swell AMD hackintosh based on 10.6.0 installed, and booting! It takes its sweet time waiting for IntelCPUPowerManagement.kext, otherwise I eventually end up at the Welcome screen.

My USB mouse works, however my PS2 keyboard does not... I've tried at least three different PS2 kext groups (two or three kexts in each group, ie VooDoo, ApplePS2....) to no avail, the PS2 kexts make is so it tried to detect my keyboard, but it freezes either after a while or after I press the key next to shift, not sure which...

So if I could just skip this the Welcome screen, that would help me out a lot, I could add my Bluetooth keyboard and use that... But the only method I know of for skipping the Welcome screen is -s boot flag and entering text... Keyboard works in Chameleon, but when I get into the -s environment, it does not work.

If you guys need this info:  The mobo is AMD, nForce 430 chipset (I have a kext for that, needed to make the HDD and ODD show up), with the kernel I do not need ANY boot flags...

I'm assuming a USB keyboard would work, but I don't have one handy and would rather not spend $20+ on one at BestBuy... Yes I've heard of Amazon and eBay... let's just try to get PS2 or BT working?...

Thanks!

Hey all!I got an old Compaq Presario desktop, it's a piece of {censored}, but it can definitely run Snow Leopard.

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So far!-

No need for ANY boot flags!- Working Radeon HD 6450 (I have a custom PCIe card installed for HDMI)- Hard Drive(s) and Disk Drive(s) detected! (SouthBridge)- It goes to install the damn thing (it's installing as I write this)- Full CPU support with specific AMD kernel (no need for cpus=1)- USB 2.0 (all ports are 2.0 on this POS)Expected to work- LANDoesn't work (yet)- PS/2 Keyboard + Mouse (get those USB peripherals if you got 'em!)- nVidia 6150SE Integrated Graphics- What more do you want?

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Part I: Preparing the myHack USB installer-

You need a retail dmg of Snow Leopard, and if you're feeling Snow Leopard Server, that should work, too.- You also need a Mac or VM of OS X to use the myHack installer app.- Let's not forget that 8GB or higher flash drive- I won't go into how to make a myHack, I mean if you need help, post and I'll help, but it's pretty easy, especially if this isn't your first rodeo.- You need to use Kext Wizard to install some kexts to get the hard drive working, among other things.  I'll try to get all the kexts needed for both installation and post-installation into one package in the next day or so.

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I'll be updating this thing for the next day or week or however long it takes to get everything working, so stay tuned, and feel free to ask questions!

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Here's the Gatsby pack for this thing, as of April 13th, 12:33 EDT, it includes the kernel and kexts for ethernet, the SATA controller (also makes IDE-connected stuff work!), and I threw in the ATI Radeon kext pack from I forget who, but thanks to them, it has kexts for virtually all decently-modern Radeon cards. - via Dropbox

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So you could try installing this now, I'm trying to, too, but this last install attempt (also the first), the screen went black and all HDD activity stopped 10 minutes out... May just be a random kernel panic, I gotta repeat the installation!Also, depending on what graphics card you are using, honestly idk about the nVidia 6150 SE, you should be fine, but don't do the verbose mode (-v) with the myHack install disk... If you do it normal boot, then you can see the screen turn blue, and that's ALRIGHT.  It will stay blue for 5 - 10 minutes, then you'll be at the install screen.  I tried unplugging HDMI, didn't do it... I dunno if it's just the kext loading for the HD 6000 series card or what... But give it time if you get that blue screen, this ain't Windows.


EDIT: Yeah the second install completed successfully... If it fails the first time, try it again!  

Also, the nVidia 6150SE works just swell (I don't think I installed an nVidia graphics kext..) better than the Radeon HD 6450 in that instead of looking at a blue screen for 5 minutes, I get to look at the "Welcome" video for Snow Leopard.

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Post Installation

So it turns out all the special kexts and possibly the kernel we used to install OS X weren't installed to the HDD of our wonderful Compaq desktop...You'll need some way of accessing the HDD on another Mac, I used a USB to 2.5" SATA adapter to plug it in to my Macbook Pro, and I just overwrote the kernel (just in case) and installed the kexts we installed on the flash drive, EXCEPT for the AppleAHCIPort.kext. DO NOT install that one. So far that's where I'm at...-----------April 13th, 2:13 EDTIght it booted, just took a damn long time.  After applying the kexts and kernel as stated directly above, just reboot normally, and wait like 20 minutes.... I'm at the welcome screen!

Alright so you may have issues with the PS2 keyboard and the mouse, I'm using a wireless USB mouse, Microsoft, ironically.  It moves the cursor, but when you click on the continue button on the welcome screen, it doesn't do anything.

YES IT DOES.  Just give it 5 minutes or so... Yeah this is really slow going.  Once I got to the next screen, things got smooth, so look forward to that!

Post Installation (Theoretical) - I haven't made it here yet, but here's how it'll probably go down...

Get yourself a USB keyboard, it's the easiest, really the only way to have a working keyboard with this (I'm using this as a server, so I'll be remoting in), since I'm having no luck with any of the 5 or so kext packs for PS2 I've tried thusfar... They're $20 at BestBuy, folks, go for it.

Alternatively, you could try booting this on your Mac/Macbook natively (???????), which I'm going to try... of course you can't use the AMD kernel, stock mach_kernel is the way to go.

So assuming you get through setup, you should end up at the desktop.

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Final (?) Update (at least for a while)

I got it to boot on my Macbook Pro (connected as external HDD via USB 3.0 to SATA adapter > hold option after pressing power to select your HDD to boot) after restoring the stock mach_kernel, and went through the keyboard-required Welcome menu there.

And then it went to the desktop!  I popped it back into my desktop, and it booted to the desktop.  It hasn't really KPd, it's pretty stable
but I think that's all I'll be doing for a while... If anyone actually uses this guide, post a reply and I'll help you out, maybe restart my work on this.

I had it on my last Hackintosh install but forgot to back it up.  I found it...I forget where, but it basically autopatches Xcode and a .proj project you drag and drop to it so that you can test on a jailbroken iPhone  or other iOS device.

Anyone know what I'm taking about?

DSDT's are incredibly complicated, at least for me, and yet they're incredibly important for any Hackintosh.

I have an HP m6-1045dx with an Ivy Bridge i5 (3210M), HM77 (Panther Point) chipset, and a couple of DSDT-related issues.

I can adjust brightness via Settings > Displays, however the F2 and F3 action keys for brightness don't do anything... To be clear, it's not a matter of going into keyboard shortcuts, F2 and F3 aren't really the keys, it's set so Fn + F2 = F2 instead of F2 = F2, so the action keys work without Fn. What's more, I don't have the brightness category in keyboard shortcut settings, I know I should, but I don't... Not sure why.

Sleep only works if the laptop is on battery, AC it sleeps and immediately wakes.

Finally, ethernet only works if it's plugged in before boot... Otherwise it gets a 169.254.xx.x IP address and internet just doesn't work.


Honestly I don't really expect much for the last two, primarily I'd like brightness control via F2 and F3.

Any help, even instructions to do it myself, would be greatly appreciated.



Here's a link to my DSDT.aml file- https://www.dropbox....z92pls/DSDT.aml

The latest! (01.14.13)

I'm going to start scheduled updates to the guide/Gatsby Pack.  If I fix something, or someone else fixes something, I'll update everything here on the following Friday.  So like this Friday I'll update the Gatsby m6-1045dx pack for three-finger swipe actions, and I can probably add the BIOS update, in case HP's website goes down or whatever.  





Good News, Everyone (12.28.12)

USB 3.0 ports work, at least with the latest BIOS update, but they only work with 3.0 devices. I was only recently able to test this. Furthermore, a lot of 2.0 devices work with the 3.0 ports, like wireless mouse dongles. Things that don't work include flash drives, iPhones, Android phones, pretty much anything that transfers files.

Sound is now fully-functional (see the post in this thread about sound).


Still on Tap (to fix)


Intel Turbo/SpeedStep (I know it should be working, but I have a feeling it isn't)

USB 2.0 functionality in the 3.0 ports

Mapping for action keys with the latest VoodooPS2.kext that enabled three-finger swiping and brightness adjustment

Sound sometimes cuts out, like with YouTube videos and Spotify... I haven't had an issue since updating to 10.8.2, at least I don't think..so we'll see.

Sleep (supports the theory that SpeedStep and TurboBoost aren't working)

SD Card reader



I'm probably not going to bother with HDMI audio, VGA out, or getting ethernet to work post boot, they're nominal issues IMO.