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I am a complete beginner. Attempting my first ever Hackintosh build. Very exciting but daunting. This is not just my first Hackintosh, but literally the first computer I have ever built. I have been discovering how greatly I underestimated the challenge I have laid out for myself...
I listed all the important the specs in the Title, but the full parts list (for now, planning on upgrading and updating the post) are:
Intel i4770k Quad Core 3.5ghz processor
Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H motherboard
SanDisk Extreme II 240 GB SSD (Mac boot drive)
Hitachi 2 tb HDD (storage)
Corsair Vengeance 2x 8GB RAM (total 16GB RAM)
Corsair CX750M power supply
LG BluRay Combo drive (from the December buyer's guide)
TP-Link wifi adapter (from December buyer's guide)
ThermalTake Chaser MK-1 case
IO Gear Bluetooth 4.0 adapter (from December's buyer's guide)
No graphics card YET. On-board graphics for now. Should suffice, right?
I followed the Multi-Beast + iBoot method using the Haswell CD sccessfully (after first being unsuccessful using just the original iBoot disk by mistake. Can this damage or mess up anything I need to undo or be worried about?) and I have been able to repeatedly boot into Snow Leopard using this iBoot-Haswell disk. But when I try to install EasyBeast and the Apple Combo Updater 10.6.8, there is usually some problem during the process, but even if everything goes smoothly, I still am unable to boot from the SSD, without the iBoot disk. What am I doing wrong? Also, Safari seemed MORE stable BEFORE I ran MultiBeast and tried installing the Combo Update for the first time, now, even though I am seeing the WiFi adapter now in System Preferences, Safari freezes halfway through loading a page and must be forced quit.
I also still have no audio, no Bluetooth, no control over the video resolution, or monitor detection at all for that matter. I do have the App Store, so I know I'm running 10.6.8. About My Mac says 16gb ram, the right processor Intel i4770k, but when running Activity Monitor, under the CPU tab, it's only showing one core. What? Why? Someone please help me! I know the next step is installing custom kexts and then hopefully updating to Mavericks at some point, and i'm not feeling too confident at this juncture...
I listed all the important the specs in the Title, but the full parts list (for now, planning on upgrading and updating the post) are:
Intel i4770k Quad Core 3.5ghz processor
Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H motherboard
SanDisk Extreme II 240 GB SSD (Mac boot drive)
Hitachi 2 tb HDD (storage)
Corsair Vengeance 2x 8GB RAM (total 16GB RAM)
Corsair CX750M power supply
LG BluRay Combo drive (from the December buyer's guide)
TP-Link wifi adapter (from December buyer's guide)
ThermalTake Chaser MK-1 case
IO Gear Bluetooth 4.0 adapter (from December's buyer's guide)
No graphics card YET. On-board graphics for now. Should suffice, right?
I followed the Multi-Beast + iBoot method using the Haswell CD sccessfully (after first being unsuccessful using just the original iBoot disk by mistake. Can this damage or mess up anything I need to undo or be worried about?) and I have been able to repeatedly boot into Snow Leopard using this iBoot-Haswell disk. But when I try to install EasyBeast and the Apple Combo Updater 10.6.8, there is usually some problem during the process, but even if everything goes smoothly, I still am unable to boot from the SSD, without the iBoot disk. What am I doing wrong? Also, Safari seemed MORE stable BEFORE I ran MultiBeast and tried installing the Combo Update for the first time, now, even though I am seeing the WiFi adapter now in System Preferences, Safari freezes halfway through loading a page and must be forced quit.
I also still have no audio, no Bluetooth, no control over the video resolution, or monitor detection at all for that matter. I do have the App Store, so I know I'm running 10.6.8. About My Mac says 16gb ram, the right processor Intel i4770k, but when running Activity Monitor, under the CPU tab, it's only showing one core. What? Why? Someone please help me! I know the next step is installing custom kexts and then hopefully updating to Mavericks at some point, and i'm not feeling too confident at this juncture...