Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

[vailr]

Originally posted by: DougoMan
Here is a weird problem I am having with my DS3L.. I am trying to charge my primary boot drive in the BIOS and cannot do so because my keyboard does not have a number pad. For some reason the - and + on the regular keyboard do not work.. Is there any way around this?

Did you try using the "Del" key?

 

[mosslack]

Do you have the USB KB and mouse enabled in BIOS? Not having that causes some strange things to happen. HTH

 

[mosslack]

Originally posted by: DrAwkward

I got by that okay, but I get the DRM error when trying to watch a movie on 2 out of 3 of my Hacks. One is because of Snow Leopard I'm sure, but the other one I have no idea of why this is happening.

This tip solved my DRM 8152 errors:

http://groups.google.com/group...read/8f4e52f83a1e3183#

Nope, didn't work. My network interface was set to en1 and this tip changed it to en0, but I still get the DRM error with Firefox and Safari on my GA-945GCMX-S2 running 10.5.8. The other system I'm having this problem with is the UD3P and it's running SL so I think that is a different problem.

 

[smokozuna]

I could use a little help guys. I am ready to upgrade to Snow Leopard and was hoping you guys could confirm I am on the right track, please. I would like to purchase the G31M-E2SL board,not knowing which revision, 1.0 or 2.0, Newegg is going to ship me I would also purchase SYBA SD-CM-UAUD USB Stereo Audio Adapter and Trendnet Gigabit TEG-PCITXR (PCI) Ethernet Card. If my research is correct by purchasing these 3 items then following the latest LifeHacker guide I should have a Pure Vanilla install, correct?

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128357

Sound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...2186035&Tpk=syba+audio

Ethernet
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833156139

Guide
http://lifehacker.com/5360150/...pc-no-hacking-required

Stell's compatibility guide
http://stellarola.tumblr.com/p...ce-compatible-hardware

EP45UD3P Guide works for the G31M-ES2L
http://www.infinitemac.com/f57...acking-required-t4223/

 

[vailr]

Save some money: why not try using the onboard audio, at least. And maybe the onboard LAN as well?
Install Leopard first, it's much easier to set up than Snow Leopard.

 

[smokozuna]

Because the LAN used in Rev 1.X is RTL 8111C which is supported but in Rev 2.X they changed the LAN to the AR8131 chip which has no support.

 

[DougoMan]

Originally posted by: vailr

Originally posted by: DougoMan
Here is a weird problem I am having with my DS3L.. I am trying to charge my primary boot drive in the BIOS and cannot do so because my keyboard does not have a number pad. For some reason the - and + on the regular keyboard do not work.. Is there any way around this?

Did you try using the "Del" key?

I just did. It does not do anything..

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: DougoMan

Originally posted by: vailr

Originally posted by: DougoMan
Here is a weird problem I am having with my DS3L.. I am trying to charge my primary boot drive in the BIOS and cannot do so because my keyboard does not have a number pad. For some reason the - and + on the regular keyboard do not work.. Is there any way around this?

Did you try using the "Del" key?

I just did. It does not do anything..

why would you need a num pad. You use the Page up and Page down buttons.

 

[DougoMan]

Originally posted by: KeypoX

Originally posted by: DougoMan

Originally posted by: vailr

Originally posted by: DougoMan
Here is a weird problem I am having with my DS3L.. I am trying to charge my primary boot drive in the BIOS and cannot do so because my keyboard does not have a number pad. For some reason the - and + on the regular keyboard do not work.. Is there any way around this?

Did you try using the "Del" key?

I just did. It does not do anything..

why would you need a num pad. You use the Page up and Page down buttons.

I was wondering what PD/PU stood for. Thank you. Now what I am wondering is if I hook up the wireless Apple keyboard I have: it has no Page Up or Page Down. Maybe I should stick with the one I have?

 

[DougoMan]

Ok now I have a real problem.. I thought it would be fun to put OSX on a RAID 0 array, which I did through Disk Uitility and it installed fine.. But I have no idea how to boot it. Using Boot 132 I do not find the drive on 80,81,82 etc. Help?

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: DougoMan
Ok now I have a real problem.. I thought it would be fun to put OSX on a RAID 0 array, which I did through Disk Uitility and it installed fine.. But I have no idea how to boot it. Using Boot 132 I do not find the drive on 80,81,82 etc. Help?

Software or Hardware RAID?

 

[DougoMan]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DougoMan
Ok now I have a real problem.. I thought it would be fun to put OSX on a RAID 0 array, which I did through Disk Uitility and it installed fine.. But I have no idea how to boot it. Using Boot 132 I do not find the drive on 80,81,82 etc. Help?

Software or Hardware RAID?

Software.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: DougoMan

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DougoMan
Ok now I have a real problem.. I thought it would be fun to put OSX on a RAID 0 array, which I did through Disk Uitility and it installed fine.. But I have no idea how to boot it. Using Boot 132 I do not find the drive on 80,81,82 etc. Help?

Software or Hardware RAID?

Software.

Software RAID is tricky - you have to install OS X to a single drive first, then clone it and add the UUID to the Boot Plist, that way the bootloader knows that it's a RAID software array. Since the Software RAID only exists in, well, software, you can't setup the array & then install it to because the software isn't on the drive yet, if that makes sense. Chameleon RC3 is supposed to have native support for this, but I don't know if that means it actually works now, or if they've made it easier

 

[Jack Flash]

Just installed my ASUS WL-138g V2 802.11g PCI WiFi card in my UD3P system. Popped right up as Airport in 10.6.1 32-bit kernel.

 

[nsiderTalon]

Hey, are there any recommended cheap bluetooth adapters? I'm thinking of getting an Apple wireless keyboard, but I can't find any info on what the common bluetooth USB adapter is...

 

[renderingrocks]

I decided to try the lifehacker guide. Followed the directions on my ud3p's and they work! Both nic's are full duplex. (I took the system to work and was on 2 networks at the same time with no trouble) audio is fine. the only issue was error 35 UUID. I added the 802.11 text to the networkspref file and it stopped that. Snow is fast on the hacks. But I then tried to upgrade an existing system that used kaidos guide. I had a working 10.5.7 with various apps, ran the lifehacker guide, and it all worked as if I tried it on a fresh clean HD. All the files were there, and they still worked! I felt it would work because snow would replace all the system files. Snow didn't have an upgrade or clean install option. Has anyone else tried an upgrade?

 

[SpandexAssasin]

To Kaido or anyone else:

I'm looking for the 10.5.7 or .8 (whichever one runs better) DS3L and UD3P Kit. I have 2 hacks running 10.5.6, which I might add run wonderfully, but I need to upgrade to 10.5.7 or .8. I need to access the iTunes store (iTunes 9) but it won't let me unless I install Safari 4.0.3 which needs, at minimum 10.5.7.

Can anyone help me out with a link?

 

[DougoMan]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DougoMan

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: DougoMan
Ok now I have a real problem.. I thought it would be fun to put OSX on a RAID 0 array, which I did through Disk Uitility and it installed fine.. But I have no idea how to boot it. Using Boot 132 I do not find the drive on 80,81,82 etc. Help?

Software or Hardware RAID?

Software.

Software RAID is tricky - you have to install OS X to a single drive first, then clone it and add the UUID to the Boot Plist, that way the bootloader knows that it's a RAID software array. Since the Software RAID only exists in, well, software, you can't setup the array & then install it to because the software isn't on the drive yet, if that makes sense. Chameleon RC3 is supposed to have native support for this, but I don't know if that means it actually works now, or if they've made it easier

I knew it seemed too easy!

 

[renderingrocks]

Check out this custom installer by Conti, I read about on prasys blog

http://tinyurl.com/yeg36tb

Looks nifty, but you need to know what hardware you have.

 

[kalster]

Originally posted by: nsiderTalon
Hey, are there any recommended cheap bluetooth adapters? I'm thinking of getting an Apple wireless keyboard, but I can't find any info on what the common bluetooth USB adapter is...

I use this one Text cheap , small and works out of the box in both SL and Leopard hackintosh

 

[Josh64FX]

what is a good core i5/i7 mobo for hackintosh??

 

[scootermaster]

Originally posted by: kalster

Originally posted by: nsiderTalon
Hey, are there any recommended cheap bluetooth adapters? I'm thinking of getting an Apple wireless keyboard, but I can't find any info on what the common bluetooth USB adapter is...

I use this one Text cheap , small and works out of the box in both SL and Leopard hackintosh

Beware they changed this with later revisions and it might no longer be compatible (Kaido?)

 

[DougoMan]

Originally posted by: renderingrocks
I decided to try the lifehacker guide. Followed the directions on my ud3p's and they work! Both nic's are full duplex. (I took the system to work and was on 2 networks at the same time with no trouble) audio is fine. the only issue was error 35 UUID. I added the 802.11 text to the networkspref file and it stopped that. Snow is fast on the hacks. But I then tried to upgrade an existing system that used kaidos guide. I had a working 10.5.7 with various apps, ran the lifehacker guide, and it all worked as if I tried it on a fresh clean HD. All the files were there, and they still worked! I felt it would work because snow would replace all the system files. Snow didn't have an upgrade or clean install option. Has anyone else tried an upgrade?

Which lifehacker guide? I'm going to upgrade to a UD3P and planned to use this lifehacker guide but it says you need to buy a seperate ethernet adapter.

 

[nsiderTalon]

Originally posted by: scootermaster

Originally posted by: kalster

Originally posted by: nsiderTalon
Hey, are there any recommended cheap bluetooth adapters? I'm thinking of getting an Apple wireless keyboard, but I can't find any info on what the common bluetooth USB adapter is...

I use this one Text cheap , small and works out of the box in both SL and Leopard hackintosh

Beware they changed this with later revisions and it might no longer be compatible (Kaido?)

That's what the reviews seems to say at the bottom of the product page. I think I'll go with the D-Link DBT-120, an ebay seller has them for $10ish

 

[renderingrocks]

Originally posted by: DougoMan

Originally posted by: renderingrocks
I decided to try the lifehacker guide. Followed the directions on my ud3p's and they work! Both nic's are full duplex. (I took the system to work and was on 2 networks at the same time with no trouble) audio is fine. the only issue was error 35 UUID. I added the 802.11 text to the networkspref file and it stopped that. Snow is fast on the hacks. But I then tried to upgrade an existing system that used kaidos guide. I had a working 10.5.7 with various apps, ran the lifehacker guide, and it all worked as if I tried it on a fresh clean HD. All the files were there, and they still worked! I felt it would work because snow would replace all the system files. Snow didn't have an upgrade or clean install option. Has anyone else tried an upgrade?

Which lifehacker guide? I'm going to upgrade to a UD3P and planned to use this lifehacker guide but it says you need to buy a seperate ethernet adapter.

yes, thats the guide. I left my bios settings the way kaido prescribed and the onboard nics work. The system prefs show 4 built in ethernet ports, i believe en5 and en6 were the 2 I was using. I only used it for a half hour, but both nics definitely worked. Now on the bios FA machine, i used it for 4 days. no crashes, sleep works fine also. The only quirk is when you restart, you need to set the audio output device again in the prefs. btw, firewire worked fine also.