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So I bought a nice T3500 on eBay, Xeon W3520, 12GB RAM 2x500GB HD and a rubbishy ATI HD3450 for £99! to make a mackintosh, usb mouse+keyboard. That's my hardware.
Created a hd using unibeast and did installation process as per https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ierra-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.200564/
I struggled like bonkers getting the thing to boot so decided to reset bios and just modified the following:
SATA set to AHCI mode.
V-ti: deactivated.
Serial port: deactivated
Parallel port: deactivated
Then I could install OS X and all was good with the world again. Once in OSX I installed BCM5722D.kext and VoodooHDA.kext using kextutility.app (all in attached Archive.zip for you
)
Credit where credit is due, this article also helped me along my way http://t3500.mcdonnelltech.com and lists compatible hardware upgrades and compatible cpu's too.
I also had to delete the NetworkInterfaces.plist file in Library/Preferences/System/Configuration (and then reboot which re-creates it correctly) to reset the onboard ethernet to en0 otherwise the App Store etc. won't work.
UPDATE: I have now got the system working without using the USB HD, using the config_gfxok.plist included in the files beneath (newly uploaded) you will probably need to adjust graphics options to reflect your own GPU config but otherwise I just imported this file to clover configurator tool, modified it then squashed (after backing up of course) the one in the EFI/boot folder.
I initially had a problem loading the EFI partition into the clover tool but found that if I launched multibeast and ran through the setup it would leave the EFI partition mounted, I could then use the clover configuration tool to modify the config.plist file and save it to the partition, a bit unconventional but it worked for me so I'll share the joy.
System is set to 27inch late 2013 iMac14,2 but its working so who cares. I just need to source a graphics card that will support hardware acceleration and bob's your uncle as we say in the UK.
UPDATE: bought a MSI NVIDIA GT 710 for £25 ish on amazon, installed the latest drivers here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01AY7927A/?tag=tonymacx86-21
Used nvidia driver WebDriver-367.15.10.25f02 that can be found here:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...for-macos-sierra-10-12-2-367-15-10-25.209714/
Enabled nvda_drv=1 in clover config.plist (already enabled if you download the config_gfxok.plist file bellow all working good.
Bought a bluetooth adapter for mac mouse, booted the mac, hot-plugged the dongle, it worked out of the box..sweet :
Bluetooth Adapter Dongle, GMYLE® Ultra-Mini USB Broadcom BCM20702 Class 2 Bluetooth V4.0 Dual Mode Dongle Wireless Adapter with LED https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007MKMJGO/?tag=tonymacx86-21
Just for info I needed to run windows in a virtual machine so re-enabled virtual technology in the bios and all is still working fine!! I am using VirtualBox free version and it runs like a dream.
Happy holidays ;-)
Created a hd using unibeast and did installation process as per https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ierra-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.200564/
I struggled like bonkers getting the thing to boot so decided to reset bios and just modified the following:
SATA set to AHCI mode.
V-ti: deactivated.
Serial port: deactivated
Parallel port: deactivated
Then I could install OS X and all was good with the world again. Once in OSX I installed BCM5722D.kext and VoodooHDA.kext using kextutility.app (all in attached Archive.zip for you
)Credit where credit is due, this article also helped me along my way http://t3500.mcdonnelltech.com and lists compatible hardware upgrades and compatible cpu's too
.I also had to delete the NetworkInterfaces.plist file in Library/Preferences/System/Configuration (and then reboot which re-creates it correctly) to reset the onboard ethernet to en0 otherwise the App Store etc. won't work.
UPDATE: I have now got the system working without using the USB HD, using the config_gfxok.plist included in the files beneath (newly uploaded) you will probably need to adjust graphics options to reflect your own GPU config but otherwise I just imported this file to clover configurator tool, modified it then squashed (after backing up of course) the one in the EFI/boot folder.
I initially had a problem loading the EFI partition into the clover tool but found that if I launched multibeast and ran through the setup it would leave the EFI partition mounted, I could then use the clover configuration tool to modify the config.plist file and save it to the partition, a bit unconventional but it worked for me so I'll share the joy.
System is set to 27inch late 2013 iMac14,2 but its working so who cares
. I just need to source a graphics card that will support hardware acceleration and bob's your uncle as we say in the UK.UPDATE: bought a MSI NVIDIA GT 710 for £25 ish on amazon, installed the latest drivers here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01AY7927A/?tag=tonymacx86-21
Used nvidia driver WebDriver-367.15.10.25f02 that can be found here:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...for-macos-sierra-10-12-2-367-15-10-25.209714/
Enabled nvda_drv=1 in clover config.plist (already enabled if you download the config_gfxok.plist file bellow all working good.
Bought a bluetooth adapter for mac mouse, booted the mac, hot-plugged the dongle, it worked out of the box..sweet :
Bluetooth Adapter Dongle, GMYLE® Ultra-Mini USB Broadcom BCM20702 Class 2 Bluetooth V4.0 Dual Mode Dongle Wireless Adapter with LED https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007MKMJGO/?tag=tonymacx86-21
Just for info I needed to run windows in a virtual machine so re-enabled virtual technology in the bios and all is still working fine!! I am using VirtualBox free version and it runs like a dream.
Happy holidays ;-)
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