finish.06 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Ok, I am new to this whole development, though I have an old HP computer I was wanting to give a run @ loading with Mac OSx. It is the HP Pavilion 772c and has an Argon n1996 motherboard. From what I can tell, that is an HP specific motherboard, though I am sure it was made by another motherboard company. From this, how would I best be able to find out what method to use to install OSx86? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/167400-motherboard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Install Linux or Windows on it first and use various utilities to gather information on the hardware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/167400-motherboard/#findComment-1162389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
finish.06 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 Install Linux or Windows on it first and use various utilities to gather information on the hardware. Alrighty, I have made headway now! I know now it is the MSI 650GM-L motherboard. Now, when I attempt to find out additional information on this motherboard, such as, is it even SSE2, I run into a stump. It seems like it is a dead motherboard ha! Not really though, it is still working. Anyways, thanks for your reply Beerkex'd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/167400-motherboard/#findComment-1162390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 SSE2 is a CPU feature, not a motherboard feature. Your motherboard has socket 478 which means you either have a Pentium 4 or a Pentium 4 based Celeron CPU. Those all have SSE2 and some later models have SSE3 as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/167400-motherboard/#findComment-1162396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
finish.06 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 SSE2 is a CPU feature, not a motherboard feature. Your motherboard has socket 478 which means you either have a Pentium 4 or a Pentium 4 based Celeron CPU. Those all have SSE2 and some later models have SSE3 as well. Well then, that explains why no where in the documents it states if it is SSE2 or not, ha! Thanks, and sorry for the momentary ignorant relapse! I now am on my way to solving this yet. Is there a thread already started that gives insight to which build to use, depending on upon your hardware & etc? Again, thanks Beerkex'd. Appreciate it greatly! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/167400-motherboard/#findComment-1162400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 If you look up the release threads for the various distributions you can usually see which drivers are included. Just get anyone that has 10.5.6 in the name and keep in mind that you should install the Voodoo 9.5.0 kernel on a CPU like yours. If your motherboard is not completely weird you should be able to at least get the system to boot. You can always fix things like LAN, graphics and sound when the OS is up and running. Here's a good site with lots of help for beginners: http://apple2pc.blogspot.com/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/167400-motherboard/#findComment-1162406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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