e-vis Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Hi there guys, I am a total newbie to building computers and decided after spending a couple of months reading I would take the plunge and create a hackintosh. This brings me to now, after creating a spec and building up my machine I am flummoxed by the setup procedures for the bios etc. My specs are: P5k deluxe wifi q6600 500gb samsung spinpoint sata hd pioneer dvr 216 d sata dvd xfx 8800gts alpha dog edition and 2gb of corsair ddr3. [edit: I put 4gb instead of 2gb of ram :S] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonefr Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 just enable NX execute bit in your bios to run OSX. I see you have 4GB of ram, you need to enable memory remap control in your bios. Be sure to disable the JMICRON chipset in your bios, since you don't have any IDE device you shouldn't care and because if you have more than 3GB with Jmicron, OSX will crash a lot, don't ask my why. Then you can install easily any OSX enjoy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-723704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-vis Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 ok so a quick update I have enabled ACHI but cannot find the NX execute option. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-723717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 ok so a quick update I have enabled ACHI but cannot find the NX execute option. Any ideas? It's called Execute Disable Bit in CPU Config on your Asus Board. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-723762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-vis Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 It's called Execute Disable Bit in CPU Config on your Asus Board. awesome thanks for the help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-723834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-vis Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 ok so another update I installed kalaway 10.5.2 and everything is fine I am actually currently typingthis on my hack. I am wondering though now does wifi work on the p5k? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-724054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-vis Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 hi there guys just thought I would give another little update all is installed and working apart from firewire. It worked earlier but I had to restart after an install and now it isn't working. Any ideas on how to fix this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-724807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Try updating your bios. My board isn't exactly the same as yours, but when I switched from the bios it shipped with to an updated one my firewire issues went away. If that doesn't work this card works, I have one in another one of my hackies: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16815255014 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-724942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-vis Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 thank you for the tip. one question though is can I update the bios using parallels or do i need to dual boot to do it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-725872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 thank you for the tip. one question though is can I update the bios using parallels or do i need to dual boot to do it? Read the manual that came with your board or download it from Asus' site. Asus boards have the bios flash utilities built in. No need to use windohs programs. Also, check the Asus forums before you choose a bios version. Asus bios updates are really awful these days and often break stuff. Make sure the one you use doesn't have issues. Good Luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-726005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-vis Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 hi there, thanks for the help I have decided to try out leo4all and see if that gives me a fix for the issues m getting. Only problem is the leo4all download has 40 odd .rar files in it and I cant figure out how to turn them into a disk image. every time I unpack one it asks to be pointed to a certain leo4all file and i cant find it. Any help would be awesome. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-731425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlad1966 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 hi there,thanks for the help I have decided to try out leo4all and see if that gives me a fix for the issues m getting. Only problem is the leo4all download has 40 odd .rar files in it and I cant figure out how to turn them into a disk image. every time I unpack one it asks to be pointed to a certain leo4all file and i cant find it. Any help would be awesome. Just download any program like Stuffit or this: http://www.unrarx.com/ and install into the Applications folder. Then once you finish downloading Leo4all, just doubleclick on the 1st .rar file - this should launch your "RAR program" & it should automatically start building the .iso image of Mac4all. It may take 3-5 minutes since it's over 4GB. Once it finishes, just burn the iso image to a DVD with Toast or a similar program. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-731860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-vis Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 ok so i tried again and after the first rar unpacks it asks to be pointed to to another one and there is no file with its name Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101443-new-build/#findComment-731887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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