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Yeh i remember stumbling across a build the other day where the cables were routed out the case behind the plastic panel. Only problem I would have is I would have to find somewhere to cut a hole for the cables to exit, and most of my case has aluminium mesh I've epoxied on. I think that will be...

To cut a long story short, my first pc was a hackintosh. To complete the look of a mac i bought a used ACD which came with a 2002 G4 quicksilver for free. The case did nothing and sat about for a few years until i came across a cheap motherboard on gumtree and decided to try fit it into my g4...

Just to say, the problems i faced were... using a VGA cable which i now realise is outdated tech for apple so i can see why i had problems the other problem was me setting my definition to mac pro 5.1 and also me destroying a pci express port because i was in such a hurry to remove my graphics...

Have my graphics card running altho damaged my pci express port trying to remove it. have it another pci express port but that means i cant sli if thats even possible on a hackintosh thanks a lot for the help so far guys will be hanging around the forums!

Thanks for the reply. Because i hadnt done much i just did a fresh install. I know what my problem was just didn't have the support to deal with it at the time. I should have waited for your help but just thought id start a fresh! thanks though! posted on my hack!

Really need help, changed my system definition and now its causing a kernel panic How can i edit my smbios.plist PLEASE HELP! stupidly i didnt have TM doing backups so can't try go back using time machine.

When i boot into single user mode it gives me the options to modify files how would i find the smbios.plist from there. what commands would i type please excuse my lack of knowledge. i know this is the reason i cant boot cause i changed to mac pro 5.1 just before i got this panic. i just don't...

I have my install but i cant boot, i think its an instant kernel panic. i can boot onto my ml usb but it jsut loads the installer, so i have the options of going to disk utility or terminal etc. i can go to disk utility and go to file open disk image and open my ssd. i went to extras and found...

I'm in the same position, when i boot using the usb how do i then edit the smbios.plist it is greyed out when i open my disk image to look through the folders. i can see the smbios but it is greyed out if you follow. please help i dont want to have to do a fresh install

Can anyone help me install my nvidia drivers. I just get the message that my computer isn't compatible or capable of Gefore or Quattro mac compatible cards or something to that nature. If i run multibeast and change my system specification do i have to check all the options i did the first time?

Just like to thank everyone who has tried to help me out. Its been a great learning experience. And i feel so much more confident now! I didnt realise i could upgrade my macbook pro with the same ml installer, so i did that this morning. i put my hack to sleep last night so i'm going to go check...

Okay i will post a shot of my screen tomorow if it hangs when i restart. I did boot in verbose mood to see what was going on but really it was all over my head. Thanks a lot for the help!

I am posting from my hack!!! I have no clue but i dropped my friend home, came back and switched it on. This time however i connected it to hdmi instead of vga. I cannot install my nvidia drivers. it says this computer will not support nvidia GeForce or Quattro Mac edition cards. Any help cause...

Need help! Got everything put together finally got into my bios and got to install with my unibeast USB! Installed ml and did the multibeast but having problems now. Freezes on apple logo when trying to boot from the SSD. Tried the verbose mode but not sure what to do. Any help guys. I haven't...

My motherboard has arrived!!! Can anyone with a EVGA GTX 660 SC 2GB tell me if i should install with the graphics card or without it. Also can anyone explain what boot switches are?! I'm about to start building in a couple of hours once i get home, and just want to be clear whether or not to...

Ah thanks for posting that link. I have already watched that video, which is what spurred me on to buying the parts. I'm using http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i7-3770K-3-50GHz-Technology/dp/B007X1JM30/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1357737898&sr=1-1 it does have HD4000 graphics. i...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-GDDR5-Graphics-Card/dp/tech-data/B0099AOD50/ref=de_a_smtd This is my graphics card. I began reading the thread about it but there was an awful lot and i didn't have time. What would happen if i were to try and use my graphics card for the install? Just no...

Thanks for the reply. I've literally been watchin pc build videos everyday for the past few months while i have been saving. I don't think I will bother with an anti static strap as I literally have £6 left in my bank and still need to pick up a copy of OSX! I'm going to try and keep touching...

Have been toying with the idea of building my own hackintosh for a while. Have been using Macs for the past 5 or so years, on a 2010 macbook pro right now. Have recently purchased the following components and just wondering if there is anything in particular i should look out for. Gigabyte Z77X...