BmyT Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hello all, Recently I've been wanting to get into this OSx86 business, but the thing is I want to try something different... Instead of trying to get the OS to ignore BIOS, I was thinking of perhaps going with an EFI motherboard. More preciecly, an Intel Mac Mini logic board with EFI. It's basically a part I purchased from a buddy's who's Mac Mini took a plunge (after he'd voided warranty of course ) He got rid of a lot of parts and basically had the Airport card and Motherboard left case was intact, but the top cover was MIA :pirate2: So here I am with a genuine (hopefully working) Mac logic board (which I belive is Socket M, though I may be wrong). I intend on: 1. Mounting it in a mini-ITX case 2. Using an appropraite CPU (any Socket M) 3. Installing OSX Tiger In theory this should work right? I'm using a genuine Apple mobo with a properly seated CPU. The only issues I can think of are the PSU (what kind of connection does this take?) and CD drive compatibility. Anyone have comments or suggestions before I start looking more into it? EDIT: Or I can just go with a $300 brand new Mac Mini G4 being offered by my company...tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 it'd work if you got the right cpu socket and type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BmyT Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hey Kiko, I hadn't had a chance to test fit some cpu's in the socket yet, so I just assumed that it was Socket M... Would you happen to know the correct Socket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BmyT Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Also, I'm not sure, but is there any way to purchase an EFI mobo? I'm sure if it could be done it would have been already, but is the EFI the only hardware roadblock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiroo Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 check out this article for info on the cpu upgrade: http://www.macintouch.com/specialreports/m...ster/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BmyT Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hey hiroo, thanks for the link!!! I figured swapping out the CPU wouldn't be too much of a pain. But I really have no idea what kind of PSU hook up this mobo has, becuase I litreally just have a bare bones board. I can tell where SATA goes, IDE doesn't seem too different... I'll need to dig around some more. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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