[Guide] HP 6300 Pro / HP 8300 Elite - A 100 percent Working and Easily Affordable CustoMac

[trs96]

@mlai Thanks for sharing that tip on the three monitor limitation. If anyone needs the screen real estate of 4 monitors they could buy two of these 29" wide LG monitors to get around that.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824025516

 

[namrokb]

Quick question, is it my cheap graphics card or is there a different reason Airplay mirroring disappear from menu bar when monitor is connected thru HDMI or DVI. It works with VGA.

 

[trs96]

Quick question, is it my cheap graphics card or is there a different reason Airplay mirroring disappear from menu bar when monitor is connected thru HDMI or DVI. It works with VGA.

Can you still access it from System Prefs -- Display ?

 

[namrokb]

No

 

[trs96]

I'm using a GTX 1050 and it still gives me that option when I use HDMI. What system definition do you use ?

 

[namrokb]

I'm using a GTX 1050 and it still gives me that option when I use HDMI. What system definition do you use ?

iMac 13,1

 

[trs96]

Here's Apple's official requirements. Make sure you meet all of these.

Minimum requirements if your Mac and Apple TV are on the same network:

• Apple TV (2nd generation or later) with the latest Apple TV software
• And any of these Mac computers with OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 or later:
  • iMac (Mid 2011 or later)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2011 or later)
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  • To find out what network your Apple TV (4th generation) is using, go to Settings > Network. On earlier Apple TV models, go to Settings > General > Network. The Apple TV should be on the same network as your Mac.

I'm not sure if it is a problem unique to the GT210 card. You could try a 710 and see if that works.

 

[namrokb]

Here's Apple's official requirements. Make sure you meet all of these.

Minimum requirements if your Mac and Apple TV are on the same network:

• Apple TV (2nd generation or later) with the latest Apple TV software
• And any of these Mac computers with OS X Mountain Lion v10.8 or later:
  • iMac (Mid 2011 or later)
  • Mac mini (Mid 2011 or later)
  • MacBook (Early 2015 or later)
  • MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or later)
  • MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or later)
  • Mac Pro (Late 2013 or later)

To find out what network your Apple TV (4th generation) is using, go to Settings > Network. On earlier Apple TV models, go to Settings > General > Network. The Apple TV should be on the same network as your Mac.

I'm not sure if it is a problem unique to the GT210 card. You could try a 710 and see if that works.

All these requirements seem to be okay. I'm going to buy better card. Reason I bought cheap one was to build Hackintosh as cheap as possible. Even if I had to pay for that 8300 (which I've got for free) I would not spend more than $70. Now it's time to beef it up. Thanks for your help

 

[trs96]

All these requirements seem to be okay. I'm going to buy better card. Reason I bought cheap one was to build Hackintosh as cheap as possible. Even if I had to pay for that 8300 (which I've got for free) I would not spend more than $70. Now it's time to beef it up. Thanks for your help

Sounds good. Make sure to use the 13,2 iMac system def. as those had discrete graphics cards.

 

[namrokb]

I've changed it to 13,2 but still no luck