oneandonlysid Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Hey, I'm new to all this hackintosh stuff and I have a couple of questions. First can I run OSx86 on my Gateway SX2800? Full specs are here Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33ghz 4GB RAM Intel GMA x4500 640GB HDD Intel G43 chipset I have already tried installing it but after the install it just freezes at the grey screen, so what do I need to do to make it work? I am using ideneb v1.4 10.5.6. Also I am trying to dual boot with windows 7 if that makes a difference. Thanks for the help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199676-need-help-with-installing-osx86-on-gateway-sx2800/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qlippoth Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I am interested as well. I just got an SX2800 for $300 for XMas (refurb). This would be the cheapest quad core Mac evar... Have you tried the -v option when booting (press a button when the machine is first booting, enter '-v' at the prompt)? That will enable verbose mode and spit all kinds of stuff to your screen while it is booting. This helps because you can then tell where it is failing in the process. If it's a 'waiting for root device' issue you'll need to make sure your nForce or SATA drivers are selected during the installation screen of OSX86. I'm probably going to try installing sometime this next week. - Qlippoth Hey, I'm new to all this hackintosh stuff and I have a couple of questions. First can I run OSx86 on my Gateway SX2800? Full specs are here Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33ghz 4GB RAM Intel GMA x4500 640GB HDD Intel G43 chipset I have already tried installing it but after the install it just freezes at the grey screen, so what do I need to do to make it work? I am using ideneb v1.4 10.5.6. Also I am trying to dual boot with windows 7 if that makes a difference. Thanks for the help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199676-need-help-with-installing-osx86-on-gateway-sx2800/#findComment-1380911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreware Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I also have the same setup and I used empire efi 1.085 without any problems loading. I am working on getting everything working though. I am very new to this and am trying to get the right kext files loaded for video, lan, etc. I realize that the gma 4500 is an issue. I'm not sure if other things work or not, but I'll post up once I figure more out if it will help others. The only issue I had was reformatting the hard drive to guid partition instead of mbr so my retail leopard dvd would install on a recognizable partition. I had to wipe out my vista in order to do it, but have recovery cds if I want/need to reinstall. Below is my list of devices if anyone can lead me in the right direction: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2e20] (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2e22] (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2e23] (rev 03) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:10ce] 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a37] 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a38] 00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a39] 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a3c] 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a3e] 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a40] 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a42] 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a34] 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a35] 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a36] 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a3a] 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 90) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a18] 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a22] 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a30] 01:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device [1106:3403] 02:00.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems Device [11c1:0630] (rev 01) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199676-need-help-with-installing-osx86-on-gateway-sx2800/#findComment-1390569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrus012 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I also have the same setup and I used empire efi 1.085 without any problems loading. I am working on getting everything working though. I am very new to this and am trying to get the right kext files loaded for video, lan, etc. I realize that the gma 4500 is an issue. I'm not sure if other things work or not, but I'll post up once I figure more out if it will help others.The only issue I had was reformatting the hard drive to guid partition instead of mbr so my retail leopard dvd would install on a recognizable partition. I had to wipe out my vista in order to do it, but have recovery cds if I want/need to reinstall. Below is my list of devices if anyone can lead me in the right direction: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2e20] (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2e22] (rev 03) 00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:2e23] (rev 03) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:10ce] 00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a37] 00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a38] 00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a39] 00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a3c] 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a3e] 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a40] 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a42] 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a34] 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a35] 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a36] 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a3a] 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 90) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a18] 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a22] 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:3a30] 01:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device [1106:3403] 02:00.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems Device [11c1:0630] (rev 01) Hey, Have you tried using other install methods, such as "iATKOS V.7 Leopard 10.5.7" or "iPC OSX Universal 10.5.6" - iPC has a lot of kext's preloaded, i'm sure yours would work fine. Check out iPC website, btw i recommend iPC because i've used it on two of my computers and i never had a problem, both of them had intel based chipset and dual cores. http://######.com/ipcosx86/ - To download you may have to look around, maybe torrents or usenet if possible. Hope that helps, good luck -Intrus Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199676-need-help-with-installing-osx86-on-gateway-sx2800/#findComment-1390587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneandonlysid Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 anyone who has had success with this, what do you recommend I should use? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199676-need-help-with-installing-osx86-on-gateway-sx2800/#findComment-1415506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
suckafree2k10 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 anyone who has had success with this, what do you recommend I should use? I got snow leopard working on my gateway sx2800 01 you must install a supported video card i am using a nvida 8400gs and you need to partition the hard drive from a computer already running snow leopard or leopard and i used these kext to fix the internet and audio .......x64 audio for ALC888..... just look for it in the forums and intel82566mm.kext look for that in the forums as well hope this helps..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199676-need-help-with-installing-osx86-on-gateway-sx2800/#findComment-1477365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored7one4 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I got snow leopard working on my gateway sx2800 01 you must install a supported video card i am using a nvida 8400gs and you need to partition the hard drive from a computer already running snow leopard or leopard and i used these kext to fix the internet and audio .......x64 audio for ALC888..... just look for it in the forums and intel82566mm.kext look for that in the forums as well hope this helps..... Can anyone give detail on what distro they use to get this working? and do i need a new video card to make it work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/199676-need-help-with-installing-osx86-on-gateway-sx2800/#findComment-1541877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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