Recent content by oroboros

Bravo! So much frustration eliminated. Thanks!

Did you get this build working?

This ever been solved. I have exactly the same problem with a GTX9800.

After a third night of searching forums, both here and elsewhere, I've begun to wonder if it's possible that the problem is not a hung installer, but that the onboard video isn't sending any output after the Mac environment is set up and the boot process starts up the GUI for the install (not...

Hello all... Decided to throw myself into building a second Hackintosh to keep my kids away from mine after having run the first build successfully for 2 1/2 years. I'm building this one out of cheap parts and leftovers, so I anticipate some headaches, but I'm struggling to even get...

I gave serious thought to the Customac mini, but it prices out to about twice what I'd have in the proposed build. Granted performance would be better, but for the near future (2ish years at least) performance is a nonissue. Thanks for the suggestion though.

ruh roh...something went awry there on the board/case. Was looking at the mini form factor. Have to check to see where it went south. On the SSD front, I have it laying around. No $$ put out to drop it in there...that capacity does me little good elsewhere so it would at least be in service...

I've done a few Hackintosh successful projects in the past, but I've always used recommended parts and builds to keep problems to a minimum. Now, however, I'm looking to build a dirt cheap Hack for my daughter, mostly to get her off my current machine. I've spent some time searching these...

Updated via Software Update; everything is working great, though performance has dipped a bit, based on Geekbench.

Got a Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus for Christmas today...wife got it from Amazon for less than $30 (as someone else mentioned). Pretty easy installation (wasn't sure how tight to make the retention arms though). Here's what I see so far. My core i5 used to idle around 45 degrees. With the...

Burninator, my core i5 runs a little above 40C idle at standard clock. That's not bad, I think, but it goes up quickly under stress, and too far, based on what I've read. For example, transcoding video pushes it above 75 fairly quickly. Gaming (WoW, Portal) has it running around 60+C, which I...

My Hackintosh specs are very modest (see below), but I run WoW with all graphics options maxed on it. I see 30-40 FPS in Dalaran and as much as 100 in more remote zones. 25-man Raids tend toward 30 FPS, dipping occasionally, depending on what's on screen. Screen res is the same as my old...

Memory Speed EDIT: Noob mistake...meant to post in Burninator's thread above... Getting your RAM to speed is a bios tweak. Easy to do. Hold down "Delete" at startup to enter bios. Go to MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) in the bios. Change the System Memory Multiplier to get your RAM to...

Just a note on my adventures with this build (well, almost). I noticed that my bios was one release behind (F5) so I did the update and couldn't boot following. I wasn't too upset, however, since I'd learned so much in the first go around, I thought a second attempt might eliminate some of my...

Hey gang, First, a caveat: I'm fairly green when it comes to these matters. I DO, however, read a ton before acting. ;) I've had my Hackintosh up and running for about a week now and have been looking into a modest overclock. Based on several recommendations, I plan on going with a...