hi! is the asus p5q a recommended motherboard for osx?

[maquiavelo69]

hi, i decided to build the most compatible mac possible i guess like all of us!

 

i have decided the cpu, it goint to be a q6600 and I have a great offer for an asus p5q, i've been looking on the net ,and i have found that just with flashing the bios and maybe with some patches i can make everything work as it should work in a real mac, is that right??anyone here with a p5q?

 

this is just one option, please if someone know one motherboard that is more compatible, just tell me the name and i'll do my homework!!!!!

 

 

just looking for a little of professional hep before buying!

 

thanks so much for reading and for creating this forum!!

 

 

cya!

[diby]

hey,

 

I've got a P5Q myself n yes it works great here is a complete guide on how to do it..

 

IPC/IDENEB/IATKOS OSX>>>>>

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=144020

 

OSX RETAIL>>>>>

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=144020

 

with me ideneb 3 didn't really work (well everything does except that I couldn't get both cores to work with my core 2 duo (patched bios of course) but i tried IPC universal (ppf5) n both cores work.

everything works great with me just still can't get my IDE hdd's to work but with a couple of re-tries I guess it will work with me

 

 

my specs.

 

mobo P5Q (no suffix)

CPU C2D E8400 3GHz 6mb cache (recognised as 3GHz unknown)

Graphics 9500GT 512mb (working with tut on insanelymac somewhere, pm if you need the link)

4 HDD's 2 sata/2 IDE (sata works)

WIFI card Netgear WG311t (working with kext)

LAN onboard (working with patch)

audio onboard (working with patch)

RAM 4 GB 800mhz

 

 

hope this will help you to decide

Amir