goddo2305 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Hi. I have a Self-Built PC here that im wanting to put any kind of OSX (so in otherwords i want to turn it into a hackintosh) my specs are as follows : MB : Gigabyte EP43-UD3L CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 at stock (3.00ghz) GPU:Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD4650 WLAN card (pls get this working) D-Link DWA-510 i want to try and get most things working. I want to set up the mac side on a 70gb sataII drive NOTE : i have 4gb DDR2 ram. thanks. please please help. Can Anyone Please Recommend The Best DISTRO for me based on my pc specs? thanks EDIT: I have previously attemped to install Ideneb ( the leopard version) but it failed. when booting up after succsessful installation, it brings up the loading screen. but after a few minutes, a question mark appears in the middle of the screen. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forsaekn Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I've had some success with iDeneb with a configuration similar to what you have. However the graphics card you're using is something I didn't have so that I can't account for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaspoli Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I think, the Graphiccard is the problem, too. Try a cheap nvidia 9500gt or an older nvidia chip like 8600. Best thing, I think - install SnowLeopard with Empire EFI 1.08 standard BootCD. This works perfekt. I installed 2 Hackintoshes in this way with the same Board. A really nice OSX86 Board. AFter install,first boot again with empire Efi, than install MyHack Installer. With a 9500gt set Graphics Enable Yes, and the default important /Extra-kextfiles for SnowLeopard. It works like a charm. Hi.I have a Self-Built PC here that im wanting to put any kind of OSX (so in otherwords i want to turn it into a hackintosh) my specs are as follows : MB : Gigabyte EP43-UD3L CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 at stock (3.00ghz) GPU:Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD4650 WLAN card (pls get this working) D-Link DWA-510 i want to try and get most things working. I want to set up the mac side on a 70gb sataII drive NOTE : i have 4gb DDR2 ram. thanks. please please help. Can Anyone Please Recommend The Best DISTRO for me based on my pc specs? thanks EDIT: I have previously attemped to install Ideneb ( the leopard version) but it failed. when booting up after succsessful installation, it brings up the loading screen. but after a few minutes, a question mark appears in the middle of the screen. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I could only get the Diamond HD4670 running with 10.6.2 and it works with the vga only ouput. Using netkas boot with the latest Chameleon and this is on a Gigabyte EP35-DS4. A bit of a pain to set up but I used all vanilla install (Retail Disc) + my extra cards 7600 worked enough to set up my install and then added the HD4670 after I updated to 10.6.2 from 10.6.0 This was a trial an error sense I used no guide other than what I have learned. But got it up and running in 4 hours. The hard part is sorting out the video! Where to get your pieces for your install I already have an EVGA X58 X3 SLI so its cake to install vanilla from an already working Hackintosh or Mac. You don't need a distro for your board in fact there are people already running it without issue. Hope you get it up and running. Heres a guide Oh its also way easy to use VM work station running Leopard and then using a Snow Leopard image to install to configure your drive in Windows Additional configuration There are a lot of ways to do an install and learning exactly what makes a Hackintosh tick certainly is a learning curve. Well once you read enough and do over again its easy to install on various motherboards, hope this gives a little direction to your endeavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddo2305 Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 I think, the Graphiccard is the problem, too.Try a cheap nvidia 9500gt or an older nvidia chip like 8600. Best thing, I think - install SnowLeopard with Empire EFI 1.08 standard BootCD. This works perfekt. I installed 2 Hackintoshes in this way with the same Board. A really nice OSX86 Board. AFter install,first boot again with empire Efi, than install MyHack Installer. With a 9500gt set Graphics Enable Yes, and the default important /Extra-kextfiles for SnowLeopard. It works like a charm. Thanks For all of your replys! I cannot afford a new GPU. What is your recommendation for a distro? and can you get some links for these other things please. So i know im getting the right things. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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