Nunya53 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I have a question that will only require a simple yes/no answer. I have an HP Pavilion A6230N that I would like to run Snow Leopard on. I have a Macbook Pro with an install disk I can rip the OS from and configure a boot USB device with. Here are the specs, so please let me know if I should experiment further or stop now. Thanks. Processor, Operating System and Memory Operating system installed Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Processor AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5600+ • 2.80 GHz, 1MB+1MB L2 Cache, 2000 MHz System Bus Chipset NVIDIA nForce 430 Chipset Standard memory 3072MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1024MB 2x512MB) (expandable to 8GB) Memory type DDR2-SDRAM Memory slots 4 DIMM (240-pin, DDR2) (occupied) Internal drives Internal hard disk drive 400 GB Hard disk controller SATA Hard disk drive speed (7200 rpm) Optical drive type SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology Optical drive speed 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 8x DVD-R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CDR, 32x CDRW, 40x CD-ROM System features Memory card device 15in1 memory card reader Modem 56k modem Network interface Integrated 10/100BaseT network interface Video adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Video RAM 128MB dedicated graphics memory. Up to 623MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista® Internal audio High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable Audio connectors Microphone/Line-in/Line-out (FRONT and back) Digital Audio-out Rear speaker-out/Side speaker-out/Center (subwoofer) Keyboard HP multimedia keyboard External drive bays 2 external 5.25"(one available) 1 external 3.5" (occupied) 2 internal 3.5" (one available) External I/O ports 6 USB 2.0 port(s) (2 FRONT, 4 back) 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) port(s) (1 FRONT, 1 back) 2 PS/2 LAN VGA-out (back) Expansion slots 2 PCI slots (1 available) 1 PCI-E x16 slot (available) 1 PCI-E x1 slot (available) Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/255564-total-newbie-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 No, that DVD will only work on that particular model MacBookPro. You need a real retail DVD. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/255564-total-newbie-question/#findComment-1674219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunya53 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Alright, that being said...is the computer I want to hackintosh viable? Thanks, Nunya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/255564-total-newbie-question/#findComment-1674226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Chen Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 However，I think maybe you should back up your data and have a try. I also installed the snowleopard on my sony with a disk enclosed with a macbook pro. That is not a retail disk of Sl. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/255564-total-newbie-question/#findComment-1674290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 You need to research the following: Find the manufacturer and model name of the network and sound hardware, then forum search for working drivers/solutions. Find out if anyone has working video with the GeForce 6150 SE on Snow Leopard. According to Krazubu (google 'guide for all nvidia boards') integrated nvidia graphics controllers with shared memory are not supported by the OS X nvidia drivers. Generally, NV50 family cards have a high compatibility rate. Geforce 9500 GT is cheap and easy to get going. http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/CodeNames#NV50 Find out if anything special is needed for the nForce 430 chipset, specifically the southbridge part which is where the drive- and USB controllers are. User "verdant" knows his way around the nforce chipset, try to find his guides. The rest of the specs you posted are useless. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/255564-total-newbie-question/#findComment-1674291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunya53 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Thanks for the replies, guys. I think I'll build a system from the ground up. Nunya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/255564-total-newbie-question/#findComment-1674390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Good luck. Get an Intel CPU + motherboard with Intel chipset. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/255564-total-newbie-question/#findComment-1674430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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