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- Apr 4, 2015
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- Motherboard
- GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD7 TH
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-4790K
- Graphics
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
I'm new to the Hackintosh community, so this if my first build and I'm struggling a bit.
All I have access to right now is an old MacBook Pro w/ 10.6.8. I've been trying to use iBoot Haswell to get my OS 10.6.8 retail disk up and running but I can't boot to the iBoot CD I've burned. This is what I've done so far:
1) Burned iBoot-Haswell.iso (I've also tried separate disks with iBoot3.3) to a CD-R using Disk Utility
2) Loaded optimized settings in BIOS
3) Set my CD drive to number one in boot priority
4) Made sure SATA was AHCI mode
5) Checked to find HPET options to set to 64bit, but couldn't find this (research makes me think that this isn't relevant on my motherboard in this case, or at least is not configurable)
Upon saving my BIOS settings, then restarting with the iBoot CD-ROM inserted, either
1) I don't touch anything and the system returns "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or insert Boot Media in Selected Boot device and press a key"
or 2) I hold F12, select my CD/DVD drive as my boot drive, press enter, then still end up receiving the message from number 1
I'm not sure what I'm missing here, or why I can't get to the tonymacx apple logo boot screen so that I can swap instal disks, but can anyone help? (I'm not a computer genius, this is my first build) (I've tried throwing in an old burnt Win7 install DVD to see if it would recognize that through my CD/DVD drive and it seemed to start the process of letting me install Windows 7, so my logic is that my CD/DVD drive at least functions)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've checked the forums exhaustively and I'm coming up blank. Frustration is mounting.
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GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD7 TH
Intel Core i7-4790k
Intel HD Graphics 4600
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
All I have access to right now is an old MacBook Pro w/ 10.6.8. I've been trying to use iBoot Haswell to get my OS 10.6.8 retail disk up and running but I can't boot to the iBoot CD I've burned. This is what I've done so far:
1) Burned iBoot-Haswell.iso (I've also tried separate disks with iBoot3.3) to a CD-R using Disk Utility
2) Loaded optimized settings in BIOS
3) Set my CD drive to number one in boot priority
4) Made sure SATA was AHCI mode
5) Checked to find HPET options to set to 64bit, but couldn't find this (research makes me think that this isn't relevant on my motherboard in this case, or at least is not configurable)
Upon saving my BIOS settings, then restarting with the iBoot CD-ROM inserted, either
1) I don't touch anything and the system returns "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or insert Boot Media in Selected Boot device and press a key"
or 2) I hold F12, select my CD/DVD drive as my boot drive, press enter, then still end up receiving the message from number 1
I'm not sure what I'm missing here, or why I can't get to the tonymacx apple logo boot screen so that I can swap instal disks, but can anyone help? (I'm not a computer genius, this is my first build) (I've tried throwing in an old burnt Win7 install DVD to see if it would recognize that through my CD/DVD drive and it seemed to start the process of letting me install Windows 7, so my logic is that my CD/DVD drive at least functions)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've checked the forums exhaustively and I'm coming up blank. Frustration is mounting.
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GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD7 TH
Intel Core i7-4790k
Intel HD Graphics 4600
Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD