This is my take on it. There's more than one way to get a Hackintosh up and running, and the method will make a lot of difference it seems. That's what I've gotten out of the various forums anyway.
This is my take on it. There's more than one way to get a Hackintosh up and running, and the method will make a lot of difference it seems. That's what I've gotten out of the various forums anyway.
Your search button doesn't work? If I read it in every hackintosh thread here and on many or all of the hackintosh specific sites I guess it's not hard to pull up in a search.
Yup, that's the deal.
I'm your nanny now?
Find me a hackintosh owner who has had easy upgrades every time and never had to reinstall the os due to kp or has never had issues with sound, sleep, opening dmg's, using over 4 gig ram, dvd burners, usb issues and I will revoke my statment
Every one of these save the DMG mounting issues are directly caused by the motherboard. Selecting a poorly supported board will nearly ruin your chances of sucess. (I suggest the Ga-EP45-UD3P.)
BTW, 10.6 -> 10.6.1 is apparently as smooth as a baby's butt on hackintoshes.
Fact is most have had to do countless installs to get things working perfect as a wrong kext will eff up your system
It is standard operating procedures to do a bit to bit backup of your OS X partitions the second you get it working. If you do end up torpedoing your install with a misplaced kext, bing bang boom and 30 minutes of rewriting later, you are good to try again. Not that bad.
Remember, I picked out components that were known to be very compatible with 10.5 when i bought the parts
Right, so don't complain now that we are dealing with up to 10.5.6, or 10.6.1. Your parts are aging, but you will still have relatively good luck for a while yet.
Didn't make it anyless aggravating at times
Of course it didn't. We are not meant to do this, and you can bet Apple has been putting a good deal of effort to stop us. So unless you are a frontline hacker, just take a backseat and thank the pioneers.
I hope you don't experience any of these issues but theres a 100% chance you will in one way or another
No such thing as 100% chance.
With that said, some upgrades are very easy to do as in no effort at all.
Indeed.
I have since 10.5.2- maybe 10.5.6 might count as 'not easy' since I skipped it on my main Hack due to problems I saw others having. I didn't miss it one bit, as I saw nothing it offered over 10.5.5 anyway, and then with 10.5.7 (which was a breeze) it was moot anyway.
Start revoking. I don't even know what would cause problems with half of that stuff. (Opening dmgs?)
It'd be foolish to do 'countless installs'. One simply has to realize "Hey, I'm using a Hack, not a real Mac", and then follow a few rules accordingly.
Rather than just declare everyone's experience as the same though, consider that people just work out ways around things, knowing that the possibility exists. In the end, it makes life a whole lot easier- following just my own backup rule above, my main Hack has had no down-time since July 2008 when I first built it. Currently I'm at 10.5.8 with no issues- just I haven't yet installed Snow Leopard. Granted,that probably will present a pretty good challenge since some things have changed, but I recall that Leopard itself was the same way when it first came out.
Take a look at this, as it might help with the issue.
That's Apple's fault though.
It would affect '06 - 08' MP's too. Assuming you wish to use the on-board audio chip, it will depend on the actual component used. But most boards do use similar parts (from a small range), in order to make budget on production costs. Better chips may exist, but are esoteric comparitively speaking (far less common), and would be harder to get working (fewer people with it = fewer people working on a solution). Or in the instance a newer part is released, and hasn't become common just yet (earliest board maker/s to release products using it).
Definitely.
And that's were the fun is, if one enjoys such things.
Never heard of it. Built literally dozens of hacks- all of them still going strong, owners all loving them and still using them. Why should I care about something I've never run across?
It's been common knowledge for ages in the OSx86 world: DO NOT USE IDE. IDE causes problems. Stick with SATA. As I've said over and over- all of this applies WITH SUPPORTED HARDWARE.
Again- no wonder. If you're running hacked kernels like voodoo, then you get what you get. I'm talking about retail/vanilla installs only, not distros or hacked kernels.
No, but it's odd how you want to insist that your bad experiences are shared by everyone else. Wanted, meaning: I've reinstalled because I've completely redone a system because I wanted to, having learned a better method. IE: when I first moved beyond distro installs to full retail. Not because I had to, or because of an upgrade. I'll probably redo my system when I move up to SL as well. Again, not because anything is wrong with my 10.5.8 install, but simply because I want SL!by wanted, you mean if you wanted to upgrade and then hit roadblocks right
AHCI is a SATA mode, not anything to do with 4 or 8 GB of RAM.
What board are you using, and what install method? If it's some funky hardware requiring the voodoo kernel, I'm amazed you'd present that as if it were a vanilla/retail install, and therefore typical.
*sigh*
Let's not forget, I'm not the one having all sorts of problems. Chameleon's Extra folder doesn't always work for every possible system kext. Many things simply won't load properly from an mkext. If you're constantly having to reinstall/ deal with KPs as you say you are -and yet I'm not- perhaps another thing to consider...?
Well... hopefully.
true, when i first staretd, the use of Kalyway was the prefeered method
its a pain though i have found a fixThat's Apple's fault though.
Assuming you wish to use the on-board audio chip, it will depend on the actual component used. But most boards do use similar parts (from a small range), in order to make budget on production costs. Better chips may exist, but are esoteric comparitively speaking (far less common), and would be harder to get working (fewer people with it = fewer people working on a solution). Or in the instance a newer part is released, and hasn't become common just yet (earliest board maker/s to release products using it).
So worst case, you may be stuck skipping it, and going with another solution, or loose sound until a solution is developed. In the later case listed above, patience will likely pay off.
its only fun when you dont need the computer or werent planning on downtime lolAnd that's were the fun is, if one enjoys such things.
i agree though i did get an IDE and thus dealt with it lol
Let me guess, next you'll drop the AMD rather than Intel bomb on us.
Again, evolution of methods. Whether just by what's currently available, or what one tries first.
True, but that comes under "Proper Planning".its only fun when you dont need the computer or werent planning on downtime lol
Others are likely using newer methods though, and aren't having nearly as many issues, if any.
The Hackintosh community has come a long way since the "early days" it seems.
Again, evolution of methods. Whether just by what's currently available, or what one tries first.
imo, another computer online is very nice to have when hacking aroundTrue, but that comes under "Proper Planning".
Another system is handy, or at least multiple OS installs. Either way, you end up with something that still works in case of disaster.
It is a hard lesson to learn that way, and not easily forgotten.
At least you did learn it, and keep a backup/clone around.