Trevor Sweetnam Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hey! I've been reading through the forums for a couple of days now trying to figure out what I need to do to get Os X to run on my pc. Here are my specs - Mobo - Asus A8R - MX Vintage (Came in a Vintage AH1 Barebone) CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice) Memory - 1024 DDR Kingston Harddrive - 250Gb Seagate SATA DVD's - 1 Liteon and 1 Sony Atheros Wireless PCI Card The motherboard has an ATI Xpress 200 Northbridge which I understand is causing the "unable to take ownership of ehci controller" and "still waiting for root device" errors when I try to boot os x86 10.4.1. The southbridge is ALI M1573 btw. Anyways as far as I can see the ATI chipset is completly unsupported so I'm thinking about buying a new mobo cause I really want to get os x up and running without too much hastle! My question for you is a) should I chuck the board and cpu and ram and invest in a intel cpu and board, I'd rather not do this because I don't want to spend loads of money on a bad axe, a cheaper mobo and cpu might be an option though! the best solution for me would be to get a new board (and graphics card if needed) that is compatible with my cpu and ram, that will give a relatively easy install of Jas's 10.4.8 Amd + Intel DVD? Sorry if I've confused you guys lol I'm getting tired and not feeling incredibly articulate at the moment! Thanks in advance for your help! Trevor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I think VIA and Nvidia Chipsets are the best for. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Sweetnam Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 (edited) Cool! I was thinking of getting an ASUS A8N-E Here's the specs from the Asus website - CPU - Supports AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64FX/Athlon 64 X2/Athlon 64 AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing Supports AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology Chipset - NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Front Side Bus - 2000 MT/s, 1600MT/s Memory - 4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 ECC/ non-ECC un-buffered DDR SDRAM memory Dual Channel Memory Architecture Expansion Slots - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 2x PCI Express x1 1x PCI Express x4 (supports up to 1GB/s) 3 x PCI Storage/RAID nForce4 Storage: - 4 x SATA 3Gb/s - 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33 - NVRAID : RAID0, RAID1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD span cross SATA and PATA LAN - nForce4 built-in Gbit MAC with external PHY : - NV ActiveArmor - NV Firewall AI NET2 Audio -Realtek ALC850, 8-channel CODEC Audio Sensing and Enumeration Technology Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on back I/O etc.....don't think anything else matters - here's the link just incase http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelme...2=15&l3=171 Any advice on what graphics card to go for? And also what are the chances of the onboard LAN working? Edited March 8, 2007 by Trevor Sweetnam Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I think VIA and Nvidia Chipsets are the best for. Are you joking? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 No, what are you suggesting instead? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 No, what are you suggesting instead? That he take option "a" and scrap the AMD and go with Intel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Well since he said: I'd rather not do this because I don't want to spend loads of money on a bad axe I think the best option is what I said, of course Intel mobos are easier though Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeephaha Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Read my signature. My specs are in there. It was easy. And very cheap. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Sweetnam Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 ok user 2 so saying I do go for a new cpu and mobo what do you reccomend? I see ur using a D915GAG which seems to be compatible with DDR 400 RAM so maybe that'll be an option with a P4 processor. Thanks thebeephaha checked out that mobo but its socket 754 so it'll mean I have to get a new cpu anyways! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 (edited) ok user 2 so saying I do go for a new cpu and mobo what do you reccomend? I see ur using a D915GAG which seems to be compatible with DDR 400 RAM so maybe that'll be an option with a P4 processor. Thanks thebeephaha checked out that mobo but its socket 754 so it'll mean I have to get a new cpu anyways! Yes my 915gag is nearly perfect but getting long in the tooth. If you don't mind limiting your future upgrade potential then it's a good choice. There are lots of threads on best Intel motherboard etc but I really haven't been paying too much attention to them. Keep in mind that it might be necessary to have a relatively recent board if you ever hope to run Leopard ie. BadAxe but that's just my Edited March 9, 2007 by user2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-319975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 He said best choice for AMD, not intel though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/44638-which-amd-board-will-give-easiest-install/#findComment-410392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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