arhopkins3 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Hi guys. I have previously tried a JaS release and 2 of the uphuck 1.3 releases. I first tried to use the DVD to install but later discovered that it won't work because my DVD drive is not SATA. So I investigated the VMWare installation method. I have setup VMWare multiple times in accordance with help given to people with problems similar to those I encountered during my first attempts to install MACOSX but to no avail. So... before I toil with multiple downloads again and multiple failed installation attempts, I thought I would ask you brilliant people for some initial advice. I'm asking, basically, which do you think is the best "version" or release for me to try. I have previously spent days trying to install a certain version of osx only to find out that there "was no kext for your motherboard"... I'm not so hot with kext and patching... I've not tried anything like that yet. So which release is more likely to fit my hardware? Any ideas? Here are my system specs for those people still reading Model : Intel® Core(tm)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz Speed : 1.91GHz Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s) Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s) Type : Dual-Core Internal Data Cache : 2x 32kB Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way set, 64 byte line size L2 On-board Cache : 1x 2MB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5B-Deluxe Bus(es) : ISA PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 1 Processor(s) Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 8.12 Total Memory : 2GB DDR2-SDRAM Chipset 1 Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 273MHz (1092MHz data rate) Total Memory : 2GB DDR2-SDRAM Memory Bus Speed : 4x 341MHz (1364MHz data rate) Video System Monitor/Panel : Belinea 19 25 S1W / Art. No. 111932 Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT Adapter : Winvnc video hook driver FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Keyboard : HID Keyboard Device Mouse : Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical Mouse : HID-compliant mouse Mouse : Wacom Mouse Network Services Adapter : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller Adapter : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Any advice would be extremely appreciated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60844-osx-version-which-to-downloaduse/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
swos Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I'm in the same point! I got 2 pc AMD and Intel, well I tried my 3 copies of MACOSx86 Jas 10.4.8 and uphuck 1.4a/1.4i, I can't install it properly. My machines: Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ VIA K8 (VT3838+8235) ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility (But when installation begins, it sais VESA 2 ATI 9600) 1GB Ram 60GB HD Intel Core2Duo E6700 Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 4GB RAM ATI Radeon X1600 Series SATA Maxtor 250 GB (x2) Any suggestion, a bit of help, please? Many Thanks!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60844-osx-version-which-to-downloaduse/#findComment-431860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneDevice Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I'm in the same point! I got 2 pc AMD and Intel, well I tried my 3 copies of MACOSx86 Jas 10.4.8 and uphuck 1.4a/1.4i, I can't install it properly.My machines: Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ VIA K8 (VT3838+8235) ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility (But when installation begins, it sais VESA 2 ATI 9600) 1GB Ram 60GB HD Intel Core2Duo E6700 Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 4GB RAM ATI Radeon X1600 Series SATA Maxtor 250 GB (x2) Any suggestion, a bit of help, please? Many Thanks!! You should to choose customize install (uphack 10.4.9 for example) with Minimal options as is - main system + patch/kext for your hardware. We discuss about this problem yesterday (on other forum), this problem was existing also on Acer Ferrari 3200. The system was started up at the end UPhuck is only for AMD, for intel use JaS 10.4.8 AMR9700 it's AGP interfaced grcard so you need to choose agp kext + ati kext (not a mobile graph kext, i think). Also SATA controller may crash a hackintosh system. Try to use IDE + patch for intel logonwindow (on C2D CPU) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60844-osx-version-which-to-downloaduse/#findComment-432058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
arhopkins3 Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Any advice for the thread starter? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60844-osx-version-which-to-downloaduse/#findComment-432212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 @Arhopkins3: Sorry, I don't have any experience with your motherboard, although many here have gotten those chipsets to work. @Swos: I did build a system with your same Gigabyte board and same video card. I was able to use both JaS and uphuck successfully, with just some minor tweaking to the ethernet. I would follow InsaneDevice's advice and install as little as possible to see just what your system needs and doesn't need. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60844-osx-version-which-to-downloaduse/#findComment-432222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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