JRJ Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Hi, I'm trying to pull together a hardware list on which I can try making a Hackintosh. Plans: Celeron D (346, probably), 1 gig DDR2, 945G board. I'm limited to mATX due to case preferences. I've come up with either the Asus P5LD2-VM DH or, preferably, the Gigabyte GA-8I945GMH-RH (rolls off the tongue nicely, that name). Both boards run an ICH7-DH southbridge with their 845G northbridge, with intel GigE integrated, and not that much else inside. I've seen people commenting on the P5LD2VM, but nothing about the Gigabyte board, just similar ones. Should I expect it to work mostly out of the box as a hackintosh, possibly with an audio hack necessary for just stereo sound? Incidentally, is there any way to fake the hardware of the integrated remote & receiver that the intel macs have? Does OS X support SATA DVD burners? I'm looking at the Samsung SH-W163A, which is cheap, or at least affordable, and gives the benefit of better cable handling and (due to the numbers of connections these boards have) much better all round, since the HD will be a PATA one I already have. Will I be able to use a USB keyboard? I'd like to get a real Apple keyboard, but if I can only use PS/2, I might as well scrap that idea. Thanks in advance for your time, Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andras Kenez Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I have sightly different Gigabyte A-8I945G-MF. works good... USE USB Mouse + USB Keyboard or PS2 mouse +PS2 Keyboard SATA supported on 945 based board......i supposed that DVD burners supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/#findComment-136299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRJ Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 I have sightly different Gigabyte A-8I945G-MF. works good...USE USB Mouse + USB Keyboard or PS2 mouse +PS2 Keyboard SATA supported on 945 based board......i supposed that DVD burners supported Allright, thanks for the information. Which image did you use? I can find the image myself, but I could use some help with exactly which of the various images I should try to find Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/#findComment-136588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
386dx Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Just be carefull. Gigabyte 8i945 GMF and 8i945 GMH RH are fifferent because they uses two different ethrenet controller The 8i945 GMF is using Onboard Marvell 8053 chip for it's ethernet controller. This controller is known to be nativlly supported by osx86. The 8i945 GMH RH is using a Gigabit ethernet controller with intel 82573L chip. And there are no reports of succes with this ethenet controller. so be carefull Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/#findComment-136658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRJ Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Well, {censored}. I was specifically going for the board because of the Intel Pro/1000 network (well, and a few other things, but..), and because the Intel Pro/1000 was listed in the HCL as working. I guess 'Intel Pro 1000' exists in multiple versions and this particular one doesn't work? [Edit: solution: The venerable RTL8139 is supported and it's not like I need GigE. I still see this motherboard as ending up in/as my MCE box after experimenting with osx86 for a while, so the back-panel SPDIF means more to me than the possible networking problems.] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/#findComment-136714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
386dx Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 ok, let we know about the final result Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/#findComment-136894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andras Kenez Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 if Intel did not work put into RTL8139 (3-4$)............ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/#findComment-136902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
386dx Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 by the way, the network controller means more to me than the sound controller. so i really need to know if the ethernet is working thx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/#findComment-136903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRJ Posted June 29, 2006 Author Share Posted June 29, 2006 Okay, I'll report back on the intel chip support once I've ordered, received, built and installed. I suspect this whole process might well take a while, though. Yeah, I've got 3 or 4 spare 8139s lying around, since most of the current generation of PCs in the house aren't using theirs any more, following a new motherboard. So that's no problem at all. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/20614-motherboard-gigabyte-ga-8i945gmh-rh-minor-hardware-questions/#findComment-136979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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