fedriko Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Hi i had installed snow leopard and have used it for a couple of months before my computer started rebooting randomly for no reason. I had installed it on an external drive. No matter what OS in use - windows/Linux/OS X - it used to reboot. I took it to a service station where they told me that my motherboard has the problem. Thank goodness it's still covered by warranty and now I have to wait for 15 days for a new one. Do you think Hackintosh has anything to do with this? I am afraid to install OS X again. My motherboard is Intel DH55HC with Intel core i3 530 cpu @ 2.93 GHz, 4GB (2GBx2) RAM, Nvidia 9500GT 1GB Video card, Realtek ALC 888s HD Audio, 500 GB internal HDD Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mige89 Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 Its quite common that motherboards start to behave like that, if it was my board i would certainly not blame hackintosh for the issue It have happend to 2 of my friends and myselfe on non hackintosh systems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/#findComment-1587957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellis Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 cheap motherboards go bad easily. good motherboards can also go bad. nothing to do with the OS here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/#findComment-1588324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lsdelirious Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 usually whenever I've had this happen, its been the RAM not the motherboard... so definitely try that next if you find the problem persists with the replacement board Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/#findComment-1588329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyondtool1 Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 And voltage regulation. If you have a cheap Power Supply and/or frequently brown outs or noisy power it can easily upset delicate electronics. I always buy the best power supply and motherboard I can afford as they are such critical system components. Haven't had a hardware problem in years..touch wood. And this is after blowing up a few harddrives, setting a cheap CRT on fire and smoking out a PSU. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/#findComment-1588454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedriko Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 And voltage regulation. If you have a cheap Power Supply and/or frequently brown outs or noisy power it can easily upset delicate electronics. I always buy the best power supply and motherboard I can afford as they are such critical system components. Haven't had a hardware problem in years..touch wood. And this is after blowing up a few harddrives, setting a cheap CRT on fire and smoking out a PSU. LOL, Thanks for the responses Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/#findComment-1589059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdfeas Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 it happened so frequently,it may have no relationship with the motherboard.but a fiend has had his motherboard replacemen,you should check it out before you take descisions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/#findComment-1589111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.dude137 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Could be the motherbord or power supply they both can force restarts but i'm 99.9% is nothing to do with hackintosh. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/#findComment-1589395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nghia Developer Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Never a problem in my case, I am using Mobo Asus + Kingston I used to have GigaByte but I don't like as it needs lots of DSDT patching and I feel sick of that I've heard that MSI is the most comparable motherboard for Mac, though I 've never tried Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/237741-is-it-because-of-hackintosh/#findComment-1589418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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