[Guide] Vanilla on G31t-m Edit: Fixed audio

[azhockey]

So after trying this out on one of the least preferable hackintosh boards I realized, damn this actually works. Heres how I went about this:

 

Step 1:

Flash your baord with this BIOS, if you have windows installed I used a GUI flashing program... which I can't recall but search around and you should find it. You may use whatever means you wish though.

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/151444960/ECS_...B_v1.0.rar.html

 

I think this is necessary, not positive but I think this enables all cores.

 

Step 2:

Get your USB drive (8GB and up) and follow this guide, only STEP 1though do not go on to setting up your BIOS as this is board specific.

 

http://lifehacker.com/5351485/how-to-build...to-finish#thumb

 

Step 3:

Again, this may not be necessary but I ran this program also, from dj nitehawk. Give it the info it needs about your USB drive and let it work it's magic.

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=185823

 

Step 4:

Reboot and open the boot selection popup (F11). Select your USB stick that you just prepared.

 

Step 5:

Press any key to keep it from booting into your Snow Leopard isntall just yet. Make sure the disk with the name you gave it is hilighted in my case "SL" and press the down arrow. Finally hilight boot verbose and press enter to start up.

 

Step 6:

Follow the installer, selecting the disk you want to use, or if you need to repartition select the Utilities drop down and select Disk Utility.

 

Step 7:

It will probably say install failed... it lies. Just follow through and reboot into your USB drive again. This time selecting the hard drive you just installed to.

 

Step 8:

Enjoy and since 10.6.1 is out feel free to update through Software Update just like an actual Mac.

 

Edit:

Use Kext helper to install the latest Voodoo HDA kext.

 

Kext Helper:

http://cheetha.net/

 

VoodooHDA:

http://code.google.com/p/voodoohda/

 

If you see any flaws in this guide, this is my first so I'm open to suggestions. Thanks I hope this helps!

[BenHMin]

Thanks for your great help! I have had some success also with this board at this point, though with a slightly modified set of operations (I have an nVidia GeForce 9600 GSO 512mb PCI-E video card running on my G31T-M)

 

1) First you MUST update the BIOS as stated above. (it works best if you have a windows install at first that you can run the BIOS updater from)

 

**** this explanation requires that you have some additional hardware/software: A working mac os x installation (I already had a working 10.5.6 install on my hackintosh, but you could use any Apple computer, too)

 

The next steps are following along partially with this site

 

2) -- follow the instructions found here to format your USB stick or external hard drive (they are slightly different from those listed above)

 

3) Now you must boot to your working os x installation and connect your external HDD or USB stick - you will now install snow leopard from WITHIN os x onto your external drive/USB stick.

----> open the package OSInstall.mpkg -- this is located in the directory /Volumes/"Mac OS X Install DVD"/System/Installation/Packages/ (the "Mac OS X Install" portion of that path represents the name of your snow leopard install DVD. You can find this folder by going to the "Go" menu from within Finder and choosing "Go to Folder.")

 

4) the installer should run just like normal and you should install snow leopard onto your external disk. When it is complete, close the installer (but don't restart) and then do the following (this is where you make the drive bootable and install optional kexts)

 

5) download this program (called myHack), expand the zip file and run the resulting file.

 

6) you will be presented with an installer - - this installer will place various extensions onto your new snow leopard install that will allow it to run on your hackintosh - it is very important that you set the install location to your NEW SNOW LEOPARD disk (external HDD or USB drive)

- choose the following options in the customize section:

--- com.apple.Boot.plist

--- Graphics Enabler

--- AHCIPortinjector.kext

--- AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext

--- PS2 controller (if using PS2 keyboard/mouse - tested and it works for me with PS2 keyboard)

--- DISABLE FrameBufferDisabler.kext

--- LegacyAppleRTC.kext [32bit Only] (I think I left this out)

--- NullCPUPowermanagement.kext

--- OpenHaltRestart.kext

--- PlatformUUID.kext

-----> now install!

 

7) You should be able to restart at this point and boot from your USB Drive or external HDD by choosing it from the boot list (hit F11 during the boot screen to bring it up)

 

8) When the snow leopard screen first comes up hit any key to get a list of hard drives. Select your new install by using the left-right arrows, then hit the down arrow to bring up a menu. You can then choose "boot verbose" and then enter.

----> this process might take a few minutes, but be patient

 

9) If things have worked out correctly this should boot you right into the OS and you should see all the welcome graphics and everything. Likely your graphics card won't be completely supported just yet, but it will be usable hopefully. For me at this point everything was working except graphics acceleration and sound.

 

10) To enable graphics acceleration download a program called UInstaller. When running that program it gives you the ability to install a custom EFI string (something that describes to your computer what graphics card is installed and what its capabilities are). You should use this function to put in your graphics card's information (in my case name was nVidia GeForce 9600 GSO, memory size was 512, and outputs were DVI/DVI). Install that custom EFI string, then restart.

 

11) At this point my graphics card was working perfectly, with system profiler detecting it nicely and dual displays working great.

 

12) azhockey describes a method above of getting the onboard sound to work. I tried using that kext from google, but my audio didn't seem to be enabled after restart. In my case I have an external USB sound device with leopard drivers (MobilePre USB), so I just installed those drivers and sound output works fine. I had onboard sound working on my 10.5.6 installation, but haven't been able to get it working so far in snow leopard.

 

13) otherwise I'm happy to report that Time Machine works in Snow Leopard and that I have also updated to 10.6.1 directly through software update with no problems so far!

 

14) in order to get your installation from your USB stick or external hard drive to an internal drive is slightly more complicated. I have used carbon copy cloner to clone my drive, but you have to make sure to run the myHACK installer program again on the new drive, otherwise it won't be bootable.

 

 

Good luck all, please post if people have had success with these methods or if there are questions. Also, if anyone figures out how to make a bootable CD/DVD backup of a hackintosh I would love to hear about it. Thanks!

[holyfield]

I have to report about success of installing Snow Leopard.

Dealing with some drivers at the moment.