mariannSS Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 HI Guys! I from poland and i dont speak english very vell. I have a question.. I must buy mainboard for macOS X to build hackintosh. What is the best mainboard (compatibility) for macOS X? EDIT: For intel Core 2 Duo. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65991-the-best-mainboard-for-osx-x86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 For a list of compatible motherboards check the wiki ->http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.4.8 In general, boards based on Intel chipsets work, 945,965,975, and P35. 945 and 975 chipset boards enjoy the best compatibility! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65991-the-best-mainboard-for-osx-x86/#findComment-467857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinux Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 for me, the best motherboard, is the Gigabyte P35 DS3p, because few expensive, great compatibility, good connectic (firewire, crossfire...) and compatible penryn Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65991-the-best-mainboard-for-osx-x86/#findComment-467918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
retromacg3 Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I'm having pretty good luck with this one if you can get it near you. It's pretty cheap too. http://www.cybertronpc.com/Itemdesc~ic~MBD...q~~Tp~~PCc~.htm GIGABYTE GA-945GCMX-S2 Onboard 950 intel graphics work, but I upgraded to PCIe 7600GS today. Network and sound were working with two simple driver packages (skippyretard for sound, rtgmac v1.1.6 for nic). Sleep seems to work with the 7600GS video, but not so well with onboard GMA950 (never comes back on screen). I just installed today, so playing around. I added a firewire pci card, and it found it too, but I don't have a use for firewire just yet. Oh, and I used the JaS 10.4.8 DVD, will try the 4.9 update soon. Koolkal/kalyway 10.4.10 dvd did not work, would get to blue screen, and sit, even overnight. I remember having to use only USB keyboard and mouse, ps2 would cause issues. Boot's in 14 seconds. For network, see this thread, http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=63284 For sound, http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...0&start=240 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65991-the-best-mainboard-for-osx-x86/#findComment-467989 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 I don't know about the best (that's kind of subjective based on what each person has working), but you'd be hard pressed to find a more compatible board for c2d and quad chips than the Intel Bad Axe 2. It will run any installer out there (other than those designed only for AMD) and the only problems are those that are inherent in the installer itself. I've successfully installed all the JaS versions from 10.4.5 up. All the uphuck installers work well as does Kalyway and XxX. PascalW and Koolkal updates work equally well. Choosing an installer for this board is really all about which one has the options you want most. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65991-the-best-mainboard-for-osx-x86/#findComment-468174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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