Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

[mosslack]

Originally posted by: Eastwind
I am calling it quits for the night. I have decent experience and yet none of this makes sense. I have a working install on a small old USB drive. I have cloned that with CCC and SD!, twice. Never worked and I did repair permissions and reinstall Chameleon. I did a 3rd full install and a step by step reinstall. Still it will not boot. I can boot into safe mode and I believe that the panic is due to something about the graphics, but I can't be sure.

What kills me is that I have the exact same set of extensions in each install. In one attempt, I copied the entire extensions folder and repaired permissions, and the same panic! I don't get it. I then did the install and went extension by extension and both folders are the same. I used kext helper and repaired permissions, still one works the other doesn't. I am out of ideas. Anyone have any ideas for me?

So sorry to hear of your disappointment. Your experience sounds a lot like what Peter went through trying to hack a Toshiba laptop. One time it would work and the next time it wouldn't, very strange behavior for sure. Perhaps a rest from the project will renew your spirit and you can view it all from a different prospective. I hope so, this would be an awesome Hack!

 

[sonoflee]

Originally posted by: mosslack

Originally posted by: sonoflee
So I used the Leopard Soup instructions, and almost everything is working perfectly. One issue is with my (very old) iPod, it's one of the brick-like old versions that uses a regular FireWire cable to connect. When I plug it into the hackintosh, it mounts on the desktop, and even has the right iPod icon - but it never even shows up in iTunes. A newer iPod (usb connection) worked perfectly. Any ideas?

I don't have an iPod, but I do have an MP3 player and it has a switch in the settings which allows it to be seen either as a flash drive or a sync capable device in iTunes or Media player. Does the iPod perhaps have a similar function? Is this a DS3L or UD3P? I just ask because one has built-in firewire and the other relies on a PCI card. Thought maybe this might be a factor. HTH

You can use the iPod as a hard drive in addition to syncing in iTunes (not instead of), but that is managed within iTunes (not on the device itself). The mobo is a UD3P... maybe this does have something to do with the built-in FW ports. I will see if I can find a USB adapter or something to test out...

 

[mosslack]

Originally posted by: sonoflee

Originally posted by: mosslack

Originally posted by: sonoflee
So I used the Leopard Soup instructions, and almost everything is working perfectly. One issue is with my (very old) iPod, it's one of the brick-like old versions that uses a regular FireWire cable to connect. When I plug it into the hackintosh, it mounts on the desktop, and even has the right iPod icon - but it never even shows up in iTunes. A newer iPod (usb connection) worked perfectly. Any ideas?

I don't have an iPod, but I do have an MP3 player and it has a switch in the settings which allows it to be seen either as a flash drive or a sync capable device in iTunes or Media player. Does the iPod perhaps have a similar function? Is this a DS3L or UD3P? I just ask because one has built-in firewire and the other relies on a PCI card. Thought maybe this might be a factor. HTH

You can use the iPod as a hard drive in addition to syncing in iTunes (not instead of), but that is managed within iTunes (not on the device itself). The mobo is a UD3P... maybe this does have something to do with the built-in FW ports. I will see if I can find a USB adapter or something to test out...

I have a friend who has an older iPod and I could borrow it to see how it behaves on my UD3P and DS3L to compare if you want. Let me know if you don't get it figured out.

 

[negatv]

Am I correct in thinking that the method described leopard soup2.0 guide is the current proper 'recipe', and not the usb key boot-132 process as described in the first post?

Finally getting around to my first hackintosh, and the 2.0 guide seems pretty straight forward. Is it safe to update to 10.5.6, after this process since it applies the DSDT patch?

Thanks,

 

[mosslack]

Originally posted by: negatv
Am I correct in thinking that the method described leopard soup2.0 guide is the current proper 'recipe', and not the usb key boot-132 process as described in the first post?

Finally getting around to my first hackintosh, and the 2.0 guide seems pretty straight forward. Is it safe to update to 10.5.6, after this process since it applies the DSDT patch?

Thanks,

Yes, don't use the USB key boot as the new method uses Chameleon to boot directly from the HD. Also it is safe to update to 10.5.6 and the DSDT patch is NOT necessary. HTH

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: mosslack

Originally posted by: negatv
Am I correct in thinking that the method described leopard soup2.0 guide is the current proper 'recipe', and not the usb key boot-132 process as described in the first post?

Finally getting around to my first hackintosh, and the 2.0 guide seems pretty straight forward. Is it safe to update to 10.5.6, after this process since it applies the DSDT patch?

Thanks,

Yes, don't use the USB key boot as the new method uses Chameleon to boot directly from the HD. Also it is safe to update to 10.5.6 and the DSDT patch is NOT necessary. HTH

Sorry for the confusion, new threads out this coming Saturday

 

[negatv]

Thanks, it has been a very useful thread. Installing now...

 

[Eastwind]

Originally posted by: mosslack

So sorry to hear of your disappointment. [snip] I hope so, this would be an awesome Hack!

So, I threw in the towel on the Gigabyte E7AUM. I swapped for the Asus P5N7A.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813131348

It should be waiting for me or here tomorrow. The Gigabyte just wouldn't make sense for me. Others got it to work, I just couldn't.

I'll let you know how this one goes.

 

[Jack Flash]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: mosslack

Originally posted by: negatv
Am I correct in thinking that the method described leopard soup2.0 guide is the current proper 'recipe', and not the usb key boot-132 process as described in the first post?

Finally getting around to my first hackintosh, and the 2.0 guide seems pretty straight forward. Is it safe to update to 10.5.6, after this process since it applies the DSDT patch?

Thanks,

Yes, don't use the USB key boot as the new method uses Chameleon to boot directly from the HD. Also it is safe to update to 10.5.6 and the DSDT patch is NOT necessary. HTH

Sorry for the confusion, new threads out this coming Saturday

Hey can you include a 'compatible wireless cards' section pretty please?

 

[negatv]

Install went smooth as can be. Enjoying HackPro on the cheap running 10.5.6. Awesome.

 

[mosslack]

Originally posted by: negatv
Install went smooth as can be. Enjoying HackPro on the cheap running 10.5.6. Awesome.

Great, was this a DS3L?

 

[negatv]

Yes, Im using the DS3L, and everything seems to be working great (ds3l/e5200/4gb ram/7600GT). I already owned a pair of Logitech z-10 usb speakers which I really like, so I disabled the onboard audio and didn't mess around with that.

I really wish I would have read up more on the specs of the e5200, as it doesn't support VT. Thought for sure it would have, as most every intel Mac does. Parallels 4 wont install without it. Oh well. For as much as I spent on this machine, I can pick up a q6600 or e8400 when I find one for the right price.

 

[Zaap]

Try VMWare Fusion. Personally, I far prefer it to Parallels anyway.

I installed it recently on an E7400 (also no VT support) machine I built for a friend: worked great. I just couldn't install a 64-bit virtual OS, but 32 bit works fine.

 

[Kaido]

Okay, so I'm thinking this random Time Machine error is a "real Mac" bug, not just a Hackintosh bug:

http://www.mac-forums.com/foru...hine-backup-error.html

Anyone get this on their real Macs?

 

[mosslack]

Originally posted by: Zaap
Try VMWare Fusion. Personally, I far prefer it to Parallels anyway.

I installed it recently on an E7400 (also no VT support) machine I built for a friend: worked great. I just couldn't install a 64-bit virtual OS, but 32 bit works fine.

I got Vista Ultimate x64 to run on the latest version of Sun's VirtualBox, but it was a bit sluggish on my UD3P with the Q9550. I went back to the x32 version and it ran fine. I haven't tried running the x64 version on my DS3L with the E8400 yet, but may do so. Just for S&G's I installed Win95 in VB on the UD3P. Kind of fun playing around with that. :laugh:

 

[tranquilweeks]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Sorry for the confusion, new threads out this coming Saturday

Tomorrow! I don't think I was this excited the day before my last birthday...

 

[Zaap]

Originally posted by: mosslack
I got Vista Ultimate x64 to run on the latest version of Sun's VirtualBox, but it was a bit sluggish on my UD3P with the Q9550. I went back to the x32 version and it ran fine. I haven't tried running the x64 version on my DS3L with the E8400 yet, but may do so. Just for S&G's I installed Win95 in VB on the UD3P. Kind of fun playing around with that. :laugh:

Cool- I've never tried VirtualBox. It's free, right?

Both your processors support VT, so you should be able to run most any type of virtual machine.

For me, I really love VMWare's Unity mode- Windows and other OS's applications are seamless within OSX. Also, VMWare can launch an actual Windows install as a bootcamp partition, which Parallels can't do [edit: on a Hackintosh, that is!]- it's not ideal -the speed is a little slow- but it does work.

 

[scootermaster]

Yeah, my hack has gotten a LOT more buggy ever since I started using TM.

Time Machine + External SATA enclosure + sleep button + sleep timeout = no bueno. =[

Some times the drive wakes and just isn't there, so TM dies. Sometimes the drive icons are there, but they can't be read or written to, which is even worse. I still don't know how to hot-plug the eSATA enclosure (disk utility? Some combination of ejecting/unmounting/powering off? Is this not even possible?) It can't be because I partitioned the TM drive into to segments, can it?

Like I've said before, at this point, I want to completely start fresh with a 10.5.6 install, hopefully kill the mouse/iTunes bug once and for all, see about if it fixes some of the sleep/password/etc bugs and I'm thinking I might just throw the drive in the case. I really want to start my CD ripping project, but I want a stable OS before I do that....[he says, two months before Snow Leopard comes out. ]

 

[negatv]

Originally posted by: Zaap
Try VMWare Fusion. Personally, I far prefer it to Parallels anyway.

I installed it recently on an E7400 (also no VT support) machine I built for a friend: worked great. I just couldn't install a 64-bit virtual OS, but 32 bit works fine.

I do own a license to Fusion as well, but have used Parallels longer and thus vm's for Parallels are more developed as that is what I have used more frequently.

Fusion installed, and working fine. Realistically, for what I use vm's for the lack of VT shoudn't be an issue.. (Wasn't on my old Mac Mini, which didn't have VT either, but it is still running version 3 of Parallels)

So I'll be on the lookout for a q6600 on the cheap, but in the meantime, I'll be working converting a nice G5 case to house this new machine.

 

[negatv]

Am I correct in thinking that graphic cards with 512mb are now ok to go with? Earlier in the thread I read something about problems with 512mb cards.

Realistically, I'm not sure what kind of improvements a 8800gt would have over my old/cheaply found on craigslist 7600gt, since the 7600 already supports coreimage just fine, and I really don't do games, but still...

 

[Jack Flash]

Originally posted by: negatv
Am I correct in thinking that graphic cards with 512mb are now ok to go with? Earlier in the thread I read something about problems with 512mb cards.

Realistically, I'm not sure what kind of improvements a 8800gt would have over my old/cheaply found on craigslist 7600gt, since the 7600 already supports coreimage just fine, and I really don't do games, but still...

Using a 512MB 9800GTX+ and it's great.

That said, if your 7600GT suits your purposes I don't see any reason to spend more money on a more powerful card.

 

[mosslack]

Originally posted by: Zaap

Originally posted by: mosslack
I got Vista Ultimate x64 to run on the latest version of Sun's VirtualBox, but it was a bit sluggish on my UD3P with the Q9550. I went back to the x32 version and it ran fine. I haven't tried running the x64 version on my DS3L with the E8400 yet, but may do so. Just for S&G's I installed Win95 in VB on the UD3P. Kind of fun playing around with that. :laugh:

Cool- I've never tried VirtualBox. It's free, right?

Both your processors support VT, so you should be able to run most any type of virtual machine.

For me, I really love VMWare's Unity mode- Windows and other OS's applications are seamless within OSX. Also, VMWare can launch an actual Windows install as a bootcamp partition, which Parallels can't do [edit: on a Hackintosh, that is!]- it's not ideal -the speed is a little slow- but it does work.

Yep, VirtualBox is free and it would not run x64 at first, but most of the later versions will. I really want to try it with the E8400 as I believe it will run better under that CPU. I kind of solved my need to run both Windows and Mac at the same time by setting up both my DS3L and UD3P at the same desk using a USB KVM to switch between them.

 

[sonoflee]

Originally posted by: mosslack

Originally posted by: sonoflee

Originally posted by: mosslack

Originally posted by: sonoflee
So I used the Leopard Soup instructions, and almost everything is working perfectly. One issue is with my (very old) iPod, it's one of the brick-like old versions that uses a regular FireWire cable to connect. When I plug it into the hackintosh, it mounts on the desktop, and even has the right iPod icon - but it never even shows up in iTunes. A newer iPod (usb connection) worked perfectly. Any ideas?

I don't have an iPod, but I do have an MP3 player and it has a switch in the settings which allows it to be seen either as a flash drive or a sync capable device in iTunes or Media player. Does the iPod perhaps have a similar function? Is this a DS3L or UD3P? I just ask because one has built-in firewire and the other relies on a PCI card. Thought maybe this might be a factor. HTH

You can use the iPod as a hard drive in addition to syncing in iTunes (not instead of), but that is managed within iTunes (not on the device itself). The mobo is a UD3P... maybe this does have something to do with the built-in FW ports. I will see if I can find a USB adapter or something to test out...

I have a friend who has an older iPod and I could borrow it to see how it behaves on my UD3P and DS3L to compare if you want. Let me know if you don't get it figured out.

That would be great - it would be especially useful to know if it does work using a firewire PCI card instead of the built-in, which would be the cheapest solution. mine is one of the very early (2nd-gen?) models - it doesn't have a dock connector, just a standard 6-pin Firewire port on the top. Thanks again!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: scootermaster
Yeah, my hack has gotten a LOT more buggy ever since I started using TM.

Time Machine + External SATA enclosure + sleep button + sleep timeout = no bueno. =[

Some times the drive wakes and just isn't there, so TM dies. Sometimes the drive icons are there, but they can't be read or written to, which is even worse. I still don't know how to hot-plug the eSATA enclosure (disk utility? Some combination of ejecting/unmounting/powering off? Is this not even possible?) It can't be because I partitioned the TM drive into to segments, can it?

Like I've said before, at this point, I want to completely start fresh with a 10.5.6 install, hopefully kill the mouse/iTunes bug once and for all, see about if it fixes some of the sleep/password/etc bugs and I'm thinking I might just throw the drive in the case. I really want to start my CD ripping project, but I want a stable OS before I do that....[he says, two months before Snow Leopard comes out. ]

Yeah, I did some googling last night and apparently Time Machine isn't quite as stable as Apple wants us to believe.

Also, I don't think Hot Plug works correctly in Hackintosh. Like, it works, but I can't plug a NEW drive into the ejected port - it will only recognize the original drive I ejected again. But maybe that's how this is supposed to work, I haven't used Hot Plug on a Windows machine or anything else.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: negatv
Am I correct in thinking that graphic cards with 512mb are now ok to go with? Earlier in the thread I read something about problems with 512mb cards.

Realistically, I'm not sure what kind of improvements a 8800gt would have over my old/cheaply found on craigslist 7600gt, since the 7600 already supports coreimage just fine, and I really don't do games, but still...

Nope! Only certain cards are OK with 512mb - mostly the 9800GTX+ and the 3870, and a select few others