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Hi all,
Just thought I post my experience on getting my Shuttle SH55J2 successfully working with OS X 10.6.6. I noticed a few people stating that they did this as well but thought it was worth mentioning how easy this system was to get up and running - especially with the latest 10.6.6 update.
This is my first Hackintosh, so I wasn't that familiar with the install process. I was actually quite surprised on how quickly I got the system up though. That being said, there were a few hiccups along the way and hopefully anyone else trying to set up a similar system can use this info to help them along. I started researching this SH55J2 project when I first saw a post on InsanelyMac from "pylonman" getting this system working. Thanks for the help.
I'm mainly a Mac user and was interested in building a fast machine for ripping Blu-ray disks out to high quality files for the Apple TV. At this point I haven't finished doing any intense benchmarking, but this system is about 80% faster than my quad core 3GHz Mac Pro. Using HandBreak as a test app, this new system just kills my Mac Pro. I couldn't be happier with the end result. Not to mention it was about a third, or maybe quarter, of the cost of my Mac Pro. With this setup I have a Dual Boot Mac/Win7 machine. Everything works and runs like a champ. Thanks to Tonymacx86 and others for their time and knowledge - this was a great project.
Setup for SH55J2 Shuttle System for 10.6.6.
Hardware:
• Shuttle SH55J2
• i7-870 2.93GHz processor
• 8GB 1333 Memory
• Radeon HD 5770 - PowerColor AX5770
• Blu-ray/DVD/CD Drive - LITE-ON ihes108-29
• USB Wireless - Asus USB-N13 Wireless USB adapter
• Two 750GB WD Hard Drives
• Built-in 4-in-1 Card Reader
• eSATA/USB Combo Port
Info:
Follow Lifehacker Steps - How to Build a Hackintosh Mac and Install OS X in Eight Easy Steps
- This was very helpful and ended up being mostly correct for my Shuttle setup. There were difference through, so stick to my guide.
http://lifehacker.com/5672051/how-to-bu ... easy-steps
Make BIOS adjustments for Shuttle:
Make changes as follows…
- Advanced - IDE Configuration - SATA Mode - select "AHCI"
- Advanced - Power Management Configuration - Suspend Mode - select "S3 (STR)"
- Advanced - Power Management Configuration - Restore on AC Power Loss - select "Power On"
- Boot - Boot Device Priority - 1st should be DVD Drive, 2nd should be your Hard Drive
Install:
• You can follow this guide for the gory "How To" details.
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/ ... -x-on.html
• Some say to install with only 4GBs of RAM initially - I had all 8GBs during the entire install.
• Boot with iBoot - Eject disk and put in SL Disk - proceed with install - Reboot
- Some say the install will fail at the end of install - mine didn't.
• Boot into iBoot - Boot your newly installed SL install - run 10.6.6.combo updater.
- Don't reboot at end of 10.6.6 update.
- Install the MultiBeast Package - only install Easybeast and VoodooHDA 2.56 audio.
- Reboot.
- Everything should be working except for Ethernet and Sleep Mode.
• Ethernet - get driver here - run installer.
http://lnx2mac.blogspot.com/p/realtekrt ... river.html
• Sleep - get SleepEnabler here - seems to work fine in 10.6.6 after editing the com.apple.Boot.plist file. I was getting a KP before editing this file.
http://code.google.com/p/xnu-sleep-enab ... etail?id=5
- Edit the com.apple.Boot.plist in the Extra folder for the "Sleep Enabler" compatibility.
- edit string "arch=i386" to "arch=i386 pmVersion=21"
such as...
- <key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>arch=i386 pmVersion=21</string>
• Reboot - Everything should be working. That includes my wireless USB card, the memory card reader, USB slots, eSATA/USB Combo Port and all controls on the Apple keyboard - like eject and sound.
Enjoy your new Mac.
Thoughts:
This system just rocks. The i7 is fast - really fast. I'm running this as a dual boot Mac/Win 7 x64 system. Activity Monitor in OS X definitely shows all 8 cores and HandBreak definitely takes advantage of them all. I'm seeing big gains in my video rips.
The Radeon HD 5770 screams - need more testing.
I also cloned the SL install onto an external USB Hard Drive using Carbon Copy Cloner. This allows you to easily boot an OS X system in case of an emergency to access the hard drive that may no longer boot. I also cloned the hard drive to a disk image with CCC in case I wanted to easily clone the image back to the hard drive and start over with a good install. You could also use TimeMachine as well if you had to do a restore.
Feel free to email me with questions.
Just thought I post my experience on getting my Shuttle SH55J2 successfully working with OS X 10.6.6. I noticed a few people stating that they did this as well but thought it was worth mentioning how easy this system was to get up and running - especially with the latest 10.6.6 update.
This is my first Hackintosh, so I wasn't that familiar with the install process. I was actually quite surprised on how quickly I got the system up though. That being said, there were a few hiccups along the way and hopefully anyone else trying to set up a similar system can use this info to help them along. I started researching this SH55J2 project when I first saw a post on InsanelyMac from "pylonman" getting this system working. Thanks for the help.
I'm mainly a Mac user and was interested in building a fast machine for ripping Blu-ray disks out to high quality files for the Apple TV. At this point I haven't finished doing any intense benchmarking, but this system is about 80% faster than my quad core 3GHz Mac Pro. Using HandBreak as a test app, this new system just kills my Mac Pro. I couldn't be happier with the end result. Not to mention it was about a third, or maybe quarter, of the cost of my Mac Pro. With this setup I have a Dual Boot Mac/Win7 machine. Everything works and runs like a champ. Thanks to Tonymacx86 and others for their time and knowledge - this was a great project.
Setup for SH55J2 Shuttle System for 10.6.6.
Hardware:
• Shuttle SH55J2
• i7-870 2.93GHz processor
• 8GB 1333 Memory
• Radeon HD 5770 - PowerColor AX5770
• Blu-ray/DVD/CD Drive - LITE-ON ihes108-29
• USB Wireless - Asus USB-N13 Wireless USB adapter
• Two 750GB WD Hard Drives
• Built-in 4-in-1 Card Reader
• eSATA/USB Combo Port
Info:
Follow Lifehacker Steps - How to Build a Hackintosh Mac and Install OS X in Eight Easy Steps
- This was very helpful and ended up being mostly correct for my Shuttle setup. There were difference through, so stick to my guide.
http://lifehacker.com/5672051/how-to-bu ... easy-steps
Make BIOS adjustments for Shuttle:
Make changes as follows…
- Advanced - IDE Configuration - SATA Mode - select "AHCI"
- Advanced - Power Management Configuration - Suspend Mode - select "S3 (STR)"
- Advanced - Power Management Configuration - Restore on AC Power Loss - select "Power On"
- Boot - Boot Device Priority - 1st should be DVD Drive, 2nd should be your Hard Drive
Install:
• You can follow this guide for the gory "How To" details.
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/ ... -x-on.html
• Some say to install with only 4GBs of RAM initially - I had all 8GBs during the entire install.
• Boot with iBoot - Eject disk and put in SL Disk - proceed with install - Reboot
- Some say the install will fail at the end of install - mine didn't.
• Boot into iBoot - Boot your newly installed SL install - run 10.6.6.combo updater.
- Don't reboot at end of 10.6.6 update.
- Install the MultiBeast Package - only install Easybeast and VoodooHDA 2.56 audio.
- Reboot.
- Everything should be working except for Ethernet and Sleep Mode.
• Ethernet - get driver here - run installer.
http://lnx2mac.blogspot.com/p/realtekrt ... river.html
• Sleep - get SleepEnabler here - seems to work fine in 10.6.6 after editing the com.apple.Boot.plist file. I was getting a KP before editing this file.
http://code.google.com/p/xnu-sleep-enab ... etail?id=5
- Edit the com.apple.Boot.plist in the Extra folder for the "Sleep Enabler" compatibility.
- edit string "arch=i386" to "arch=i386 pmVersion=21"
such as...
- <key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>arch=i386 pmVersion=21</string>
• Reboot - Everything should be working. That includes my wireless USB card, the memory card reader, USB slots, eSATA/USB Combo Port and all controls on the Apple keyboard - like eject and sound.
Enjoy your new Mac.
Thoughts:
This system just rocks. The i7 is fast - really fast. I'm running this as a dual boot Mac/Win 7 x64 system. Activity Monitor in OS X definitely shows all 8 cores and HandBreak definitely takes advantage of them all. I'm seeing big gains in my video rips.
The Radeon HD 5770 screams - need more testing.
I also cloned the SL install onto an external USB Hard Drive using Carbon Copy Cloner. This allows you to easily boot an OS X system in case of an emergency to access the hard drive that may no longer boot. I also cloned the hard drive to a disk image with CCC in case I wanted to easily clone the image back to the hard drive and start over with a good install. You could also use TimeMachine as well if you had to do a restore.
Feel free to email me with questions.
