lordofmp Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Hi there i read some stuff here already i know it seems a little bit strange. I tell you my story first so maybe you will understand. I am running logic pro on my G5 2,3 Dualcore. But even on this maschine i run into cpu trouble,so my idea is to use my old pc to help me out I want to use Logics nude option so i need to get osx running on my pc. i dont care too much about other applications since i have "a real mac" the system is a p4 running at 3.2ghz and a ati 9600tx. http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherb.../845/P4SGA+.cfm Thats the mainboard as you can see it got intel 845 chipset so please let me know if this ios possible und wich verion of osx i should use, it would help me out for the next year till i can afford to build my quad hackintosh. tnx alex Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I can't ever tell when a P4 is atleast 3 ghz on a 478 is sse2 or sse3.... Download and run cpuz, then post a picture of the info it gives. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-407299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofmp Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 It is original a p4 northwood 2.6ghz with 533fsb ists just running @3.2 what i know it only got sse2 supporti think sse3 started later. Ps: also if somebody got a tip on a Gigabit network card for pci tha is working under osx i would appreciate it tnx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-407314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofmp Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 anymore tipps? i will try jas 10.4.8 now Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-407603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Northwood core is sse2 if I remember right for socket 478.... It should work, but don't expect as much as performance from an sse3 cpu, like a p4, or a core 2 duo. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-407751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justvisiting Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Northwood core is sse2 if I remember right for socket 478.... It should work, but don't expect as much as performance from an sse3 cpu, like a p4, or a core 2 duo. one of my HacOSX86 boxes is a dell 360 with a P4 2.2ghz socket 478. it is "usable". but no speed demon for sure. 10.4.8 only. (so far?) due to lack of ss3. JuVi Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-407803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCH Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 I had OSX working on a P4 nordwood 2,6 (800fsb) on a 865 chipset, and a nVidia FX5200... It works OK but actually Logic (express) used to crash a lot due the lack of SSE3 instructions I guess. You could try buy a second hand P4 prescott (socket 478, SSE3)..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-407951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofmp Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 The problem is my mainboard does not support fsb 800 so no chanche of using a prescott (since the board and the cpu cost as much as a c2duo system would cost.....*g* I just want to run it as a node for my apple and ist ist a P4 2.6 running at 3.2GHZ so it should be enogh at least to take over a few plugins.... since also the memory ist overclocked the performance is ok for a single core.... I will upgrade to a quad sooner or later but for now i dont want to spend more money since the music equippment is already expensive as hell...... so should i stick with jas 10.8 or later or soonner versions??? Thanx for your already given answeres Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-409105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofmp Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Hmmmm i tried it yesterday the installation works so far but after the first reboot the screen turns black and nothing hapens.... Could it be that my 9600tx is not rekognized??? does anybody have a clue what to trie next? i installed jas 10.8 sould i maybe trie it with the onboard graphic card? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-409685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macnoobz Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Hmmmm i tried it yesterday the installation works so far but after the first reboot the screen turnsblack and nothing hapens.... Could it be that my 9600tx is not rekognized??? does anybody have a clue what to trie next? i installed jas 10.8 sould i maybe trie it with the onboard graphic card? install without any selection on Most Common Hardwares & Titan nVida/ATI options., 10.4.8 will auto detect it with default drivers. (take note, no games for 10.4.8 using 9600 series. coz i'm a 9600 user on 10.4.8 too) hope this helps Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-409832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSmith201 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 You might try safe booting and removing all the GeForce, ATI, and NV extensions. This worked on an old socket 478 Gateway computer I have here. #Steps: Power Up and Press F8 -s /sbin/fsck -fy /sbin/mount -uw / #Backup Extension Files: mkdir /Backup cp -R /system/library/extensions/ATI* /Backup cp -R /system/library/extensions/GeF* /Backup cp -R /system/library/extensions/NV* /Backup #Remove from Extensions Folder: rm -rf /system/library/extensions/ATI* rm -rf /system/library/extensions/GeF* rm -rf /system/library/extensions/NV* #Remove Extensions Cache Files: rm /system/library/Extensions.* #Restart the machine: reboot Good Luck Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-409854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofmp Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 allright i will try to install it without comon hardware... since i just want to use it as a logic node i dont care if the rest is working... tnx for you help i will let you know if i managed it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-409856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofmp Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 Thanx to your help i got it working now installing it without the most common drivers was the right tipp. one more problem still exists i cant work with the onboard lan it is a normal intel 100 pro.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/57012-osx-on-a-socket-478-system/#findComment-414063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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