[success] hpxw8600 with nvidia, broadcom, OSX Mavericks from app store

[christopher.rohde]

1st Hackintosh ever! single hpxw8600 Xeon QC X5450 3.0Ghz 4gb Ram

 

Settings

-turned off all virtualization in BIOS

-enabled combined SATA/IDE mode in BIOS

-video worked with Graphics Enabler=Yes.

-used an old version of BCM5722d for network. Having issues with connection dropping under heavy load, but I noticed an upgrade to the kext might fix that.

-used latest voodoohda for sound. 

 

Issues:

-tried with "separate ide controller setting" in BIOS first. Would only see IDE Hd. apparently mobo doesn't support full AHCI mode, and I can only get OS to see 1 sata hd in combined SATA/IDE mode. No fix yet, but working on it

-had to apply the voodoohda half volume fix in .plist

-used bootloader, had connection issues with imessage server. used chameleon wizard to fix 

-as mentioned above, broadcom nic drops connection under heavy load (bittorrent in particular), requires reboot. Will apply upgrade which will hopefully address this issue.

 

Thank you to all those who have gone before and simplified this process so much. And to all the coders and testers, I appreciate all of effort and keep up the good work!

 

If anyone wants further detail about specs, settings or issues, I can be more specific if needed.

 

A side note: HP workstations are readily available on ebay, as companies upgrade and sell off excess inventory. I would highly recommend the xw8600, although others with different xeon cpu's including dual configurations might work just as well. I plan to add a 2nd cpu to my configuration, but am having trouble locating one with the exact stepping i need.

[Kero1016]

Hey, I know this is old topic,  I tried recently few DELLs with no AHCI like this case.

I installed No AHCI models with MyHack USB stick, I put modded IOATAFamily.Kext in Extra/Extentions.

I'm very interested with XW8600 is look great with XEON cpus on dual sockets.