Ninja_Harbinger Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hey guys... I was wondering if anyone has had any success with a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 motherboard. Thanks... Ninja! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273633-googled-for-a-while-but-still-no-info-about-my-mobo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 You won't be able to install Lion, there's no legacy kernel for AMD cpus yet. You must use an installation method that provides a legacy kernel and drivers for your AMD SB950 South bridge. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273633-googled-for-a-while-but-still-no-info-about-my-mobo/#findComment-1779498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja_Harbinger Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Ok thanks for the reply, how would I find this out? Heaps of Googleing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273633-googled-for-a-while-but-still-no-info-about-my-mobo/#findComment-1779589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 You're funny.. yes, basically, that's how it works. Buy a 10.6.3 Snow Leopard install DVD from the Apple Store. It's 29 Dollars. Then look for boot CDs. There are several available, but some are Intel only - these won't have a patched kernel, which you need. I make my own boot CD that works with my hardware so I'm not well versed in what's out there but off the top of my head (some might be obsolete): Nawcom ModCD, [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url], EmpireEFI, Kakewalk, Hirens Boot CD... google something like "Hackintosh AMD Boot CD" for more ideas. Try several boot CDs, use a CD-RW disc so you don't have to throw away CDs. AFAIK Empire EFI and Hirens are supposed to work well with AMD CPUs, although they might not have drivers for hardware as recent as yours (SATA controller on SB950 Southbridge). It works basically like the old Playstation swap trick - you boot with the boot CD, eject it and insert the Snow Leopard retail DVD, then press F8 to rescan the drive. Then see how far you get! For someone starting out, it's easier to install OS X to its own, separate hard drive. Once you're booted into the OS X installer, run Disk Utility, partition and format your hard drive and go on with the install. Once the installation has finished, use the boot CD to boot your installation. Many things will not work right away, video, sound, ethernet. You will have to find and install some drivers/injectors post install. You might not be able to boot your installation without doing anything - there are several boot loader and kernel configuration flags that you can type on the boot prompt that can help. Look them up when you get this far. First troubleshooting step is to type -v on the boot prompt (v is for "verbose" mode). This will show any errors that happen during the boot process, instead of the friendly gray apple and boot spinner. You will also want to install the Chameleon boot loader to your hard drive and configure it so that you can boot OS X without the CD. Look for guides for other motherboards that have the same chipset as yours. Even though the hardware is not identical it might be similar enough that you can learn something about your own. Get going and post when you get stuck. Good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273633-googled-for-a-while-but-still-no-info-about-my-mobo/#findComment-1779593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja_Harbinger Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Ok, thanks for the reply, good information there but it turns out that I have no way of getting my graphics working because there are no ATi/AMD drivers for 10.6 nor an AMD chipset bootloader for 10.7 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273633-googled-for-a-while-but-still-no-info-about-my-mobo/#findComment-1780433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 You should be able to run Snow Leopard. What video card is it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273633-googled-for-a-while-but-still-no-info-about-my-mobo/#findComment-1780569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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