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Hello!
I've finally managed to get my first PC to which to install Mac OS X, to try my favourite OS on a non-Mac hardware, but I fail to make it working well (I'm lost with the drivers meaning, I think).
The installation goes fine and, when the desktop shows, I can use the Ethernet and USB. On the other hand, audio isn't working, screen is unknown (limited resolution) and the PS/2 ports also fail (this one is expected); also, I can't make it go to sleep: screen goes black but the mouse pointer stays on screen and the computer never sleeps.
Then, I install MultiBeast and the result is mixed. The PS/2 ports then work fine. However, still no sleep possibility, audio still not recognised, screen not guessed and USB and Ethernet no longer work (USB doesn't react nor detect anything plugged in and Ethernet shows “The cable is not plugged”, no matter how I try). I have finally reinstalled Mac OS X (10.9) and not yet used MultiBeast again.
Well, drivers is an obscure thing to me (after all, one of the benefit of Macs is to not care much about them, so I didn't take the habit). In MultiBeast, the help, albeit appreciated, is limited (e.g the second option is named “UserDSDT” and its help reads “UserDSDT is for those desktop systems who have a pre-edited DSDT for their motherboard.”; if I just happen to not know what DSDT is, I'm just not helped much).
In the “Drivers” section, there are several version of each driver. For example, in “Audio”, I don't even know what “Realtek” is (I'm assuming it's a specific manufacturer of audio cards), so I choose “Universal” (the name implies it should work in more situations). Then, I get a list with “VoodooHDA v<version>” (and the help just says where this will be installed; it happens to be the only thing I already knew). Should I just select the most recent version, guessing it has less bugs?
It's also possible MultiBeast doesn't have the drivers for my specific hardware.
Any help, please?
I've finally managed to get my first PC to which to install Mac OS X, to try my favourite OS on a non-Mac hardware, but I fail to make it working well (I'm lost with the drivers meaning, I think).
The installation goes fine and, when the desktop shows, I can use the Ethernet and USB. On the other hand, audio isn't working, screen is unknown (limited resolution) and the PS/2 ports also fail (this one is expected); also, I can't make it go to sleep: screen goes black but the mouse pointer stays on screen and the computer never sleeps.
Then, I install MultiBeast and the result is mixed. The PS/2 ports then work fine. However, still no sleep possibility, audio still not recognised, screen not guessed and USB and Ethernet no longer work (USB doesn't react nor detect anything plugged in and Ethernet shows “The cable is not plugged”, no matter how I try). I have finally reinstalled Mac OS X (10.9) and not yet used MultiBeast again.
Well, drivers is an obscure thing to me (after all, one of the benefit of Macs is to not care much about them, so I didn't take the habit). In MultiBeast, the help, albeit appreciated, is limited (e.g the second option is named “UserDSDT” and its help reads “UserDSDT is for those desktop systems who have a pre-edited DSDT for their motherboard.”; if I just happen to not know what DSDT is, I'm just not helped much).
In the “Drivers” section, there are several version of each driver. For example, in “Audio”, I don't even know what “Realtek” is (I'm assuming it's a specific manufacturer of audio cards), so I choose “Universal” (the name implies it should work in more situations). Then, I get a list with “VoodooHDA v<version>” (and the help just says where this will be installed; it happens to be the only thing I already knew). Should I just select the most recent version, guessing it has less bugs?
It's also possible MultiBeast doesn't have the drivers for my specific hardware.
Any help, please?
