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I just got this thing and I already have the itch to get OSX on it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834220519

 

I booted into a gentoo livecd and ran a lspci, just to get a rough idea of what I was working with, here's what it returned:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0653 (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Unknown device 002a (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
07:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
07:03.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
07:03.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
07:03.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
07:03.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)

 

I have tried booting with kalyway 10.5.2 and iatkos 5. With iatkos the system reboots before I can get to the installer. With Kalyway 10.5.2 it hangs

 

Here's what it says

Extension ~com.apple.driver.ApplePCIConfigurator~ has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x5A380D46): ~ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin::buildCPUsPSSArray - got _PSS data for cpu index 2, but expected index\n~@/SourceCache/IOPlatformPluginFamily/IOPlatformPluginFamily-315.0.3/ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin/ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugi Debugger called: <panic>

 

I am beginning my research on this, will post results as follows.

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I have been doing some research, it appears that one of the next solutions involves DSDT and hacking the BIOS.

 

I have sent payment to the guy that modifies these bios's Will be awaiting to hear from him.

 

BTW, I have been looking at which cpus will serve as an upgrade.

 

Intel will be releasing at P9700 sometime in the next few months, this appears to be the best upgrade as it has 6MB of L2 cache rather than the crappy 3 MB.

 

Core2Duo P9700 Specifications:
Speed: 2.80 GHz
Cores: 2
Cache Size: 6 MB
Bus Speed: 1066 MHz
Power TDP: 25 W
Price: $348

 

 

On an interesting note, I have an older sony vgn-n385e which originally came with a T5300 cpu, which is a core 2 duo, 1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 2MB of L2 Cache. I recently upgraded that system to have a T7400 cpu, 2.166 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 4MB of L2 Cache.

 

So that leaves me with

T7400 - 2.16 GHz - 667 MHz FSB - 4 MB L2 Cache

P8600 - 2.40 GHz - 1066 MHz FSB - 3 MB L2 Cache

 

The T7400 saws through Einstein@Home work units about 25% faster, despite it's lower frequency and FSB. I am convinced that this is because extra 1024 KB in L2 Cache.

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