tungmeister Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi, could someone recommend me a motherboard that will run snow leopard as close to vanilla as possible? i.e. minimal kexts or a bios mod etc. I've had a look around but I was surprised to see no one seemed to have already asked this question. My only requirements are that it is a skt775 mobo with DDR3 support as I already have these components. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246789-perfect-motherboard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I've just setup a system using the following Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Mobo (1366 socket) i7 920 Nvidia 480GTX 6BG Corsair 160MHz RAM A whole bunch of water cooling goodies. I setup the BIOS using settings I found in a pdf by googling 'ex58-ud5 hackintosh bios settings' I installed 10.6.3 no problem using the nawcom bootdisk. I installed the 10.6.6 update, used hackinstaller to install pcefi 10.6 bootloader and show all files, kext utility etc. Used a DSDT file someone gave me along with the ALC8xx, fakesmc, intelcpumonitor, iohciblockstorageinjector and superiofamily kexts all in E/E. Installed graphics using tonymacx86's nvidia installer Edited my version string to MacPro5.1 and set resolution in boot.plist and smbios. Rebooted with everything working. Might be worth looking into comparable Mobos for 775 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246789-perfect-motherboard/#findComment-1635582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 skt775 mobo with DDR3 support Asus P5Q3 looks good but you should investigate if the onboard LAN is supported. http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=3Ps8dmpKZqQAt7fS Or go with a Gigabyte EP45 series equivalent. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246789-perfect-motherboard/#findComment-1635604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 GA G41MT-ES2L cost benefit Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246789-perfect-motherboard/#findComment-1635637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKA Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 MSI Platinum P45D3 - If you can find one! D Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246789-perfect-motherboard/#findComment-1635640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 But stay away from MSI's experimental EFI BIOS, especially if you have a bald spot or gray hair already. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246789-perfect-motherboard/#findComment-1638343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKA Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 LOL - quite so! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/246789-perfect-motherboard/#findComment-1638544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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