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Finally got it working again! I had to create a Sierra Unibeast boot USB flash drive. It booted to the Install Sierra App (funny how none of the old OS could. Yosemite failed, ElCapitan failed, but Sierra worked). I was able to use the Utilities menu to access Disk Utility and run a First Aid...

My old hack which had been working well for several months did not reboot today. It stays at a blurry screen: IMG_0031 by ged posted Jan 21, 2017 at 2:15 PM I've tried single user boot with fsck -fy, and also safe boot, but always end up there. I've an older version of the system in another...

Blurry El Capitan boot screen

Hello, Since I've upgraded my ASUS P8Z77I-deluxe mini-ITX to El Capitan, I've lost most of my USB ports. I've been experimenting with just the keyboard and mouse plugged in one USB port. The four USB 2.0 Ports and the 2 USB 3.0 below the Ethernet do not support a keyboard mouse in El...

Thanks for the link to your build(s). I ended up picking the ASRock board, because the Gigabyte has a weird wired Ethernet controller and this will be the main network connection for this machine (no wifi planned).

Measurements Post. width = 9.7" = 246 mm = 525 pixels ratio = 0.46857 max screen width = 431 pixels = 202mm typ. screen width = 398 pixels = 186mm max screen height = 344 pixels = 161mm Typ. screen height = 294 pixels = 138mm ipad screen: visible width = 197mm visible height = 146mm

I want to be able to perform the following activities: - play a BluRay or DVD disk rented from RedBox or other - Rip one of my hundreds of DVDs (Collection of foreign movies) as a .ISO - play movies from the .ISOs - Transform the ISO into an MP4 for iTunes or iPad Computer will be sitting in...

Yet Another 1990s Mac Classic Kit case mod: YACK [Y]et [A]nother [C]lassic [K]it reserved for official build component list $26 Mac Classic M1420 from eBay

Hello, I need a motherboard with one DisplayPort and one HDMI, a small form factor - miniITX - and a lot of SATA 6b/s ports. I've narrowed it down to: ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157504 or GIGABYTE GA-Z97N-Gaming 5...

OK, I think I've found an interesting monitor: The Qualia 9.7" which has a native resolution of 2048x1536 (Retina display). Yep, it's a true Apple and a true Retina: it's the screen from an iPad: https://learn.adafruit.com/qualia-high-res-displayport-desktop-monitor/overview...

Thanks for the link, but it's an USB 2.0, and no Blu-ray as you mentioned. Although I mainly buy & rent DVDs, sometimes I rent the occasional BluRay... and I view it with http://www.macblurayplayer.com

Hello, That's a few years I haven't built a hack, and my MS-Windows PC that I use as a media center is getting full. So I am considering building a hack to replace it. Here's what the family does daily with it: - play rented DVDs - archive my collection of DVDs (using the excellent...

Hi, I've a GIGABYTE GV-R687OC-1GD Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 on a ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe LGA 1155 Intel Z77 motherboard. I've a main display connected to a DVI port. I would like to connect a TV to the HDMI port and get video and audio on that TV. I've plugged in an HDMI cable, but...

As a matter of fact, YES, full success. I upgraded to Mavericks on Sunday. I followed the instructions on: http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html When booting on the USB stick, and before installing Mavericks, I used the menus to...

Thanks, I am happy as it seems to be way more stable than my first hack which had become unreliable (hardware failure = constant crashes). The only drawback to the Bitfenix case is that it has too much ventilation, so it is a noisy case. Anandtech reviewed it as being silent, but it does not...

Just plugged my USB 2.0 stick in the side panel USB3 that come from the motherboard header and.. the system froze: iTunes was still playing music, mouse was still moving. But windows were not moving, nor menus working... had to hit reset nope.

Yes, just did. it works OK enough for me. For the LG burner, I also added an LG bluray drive. See my original post on how I got it to play blurays. Watch out on the Corsair H100: this one has a 240mm radiator that you have to mount on the top panel, therefore you will lose the optical...

No, I did not. I just plugged the big USB3.0 header. I understood the little plug as being an XOR: either USB 3.0 (big plug) or USB 2.0 (small plug). A bit like the audio thingy which comes with an "AC97" connector or an "HD Audio".

Just upgraded to it today. I delayed the install because I do software development, and not everything - www.valgrind.org - worked on Mountain Lion. Looks like it's the same to Lion, with I hope a more stable USB. So far (one hour), looks better. Picasa is back, iTunes is back. No more X11...

Sharp PC-1211 (1424 bytes available): TI-57: it ate through batteries like there was no tomorrow The classic sinclair ZX-81: with no memory extension at first, so only ~980 bytes to code The Jupiter Ace: Forth programming! At my high-school, I was secretary of the computer...