[Guide] HP 6300 Pro / HP 8300 Elite - A 100 percent Working and Easily Affordable CustoMac

[NosajTrah]

I dual boot, macOS on one SSD and Windows 10 on the other SSD for gaming so need as fast as machine can support.

 

[trs96]

I dual boot, macOS on one SSD and Windows 10 on the other SSD for gaming so need as fast as machine can support.

Give a Sapphire RX 580 8GB version a try on your next build and see how that goes. Those are reported to be good even for 1440p gaming.

 

[watrworld]

To many pages to search!

I have successfully installed Sierra on my Hp6300, I have a separate disk for Win10.

All was working well, I could access the Windows10 and MacOS in Clover.

Now all of a sudden. Clover does not even show up anymore? It boots straight into MAC.

I can even get the BIOS to come up. Any ideas of whats going on??

 

[P1LGRIM]

Any ideas of whats going on??

See Clover Wiki - Timeout and DefaultVolume.

I can even get the BIOS to come up.

Try booting with the drives disconnected.

 

[trs96]

Now all of a sudden. Clover does not even show up anymore? It boots straight into MAC.

I can even get the BIOS to come up. Any ideas of whats going on??

Try the F9 or F10 key and see if either works.

 

[watrworld]

Try the F9 or F10 key and see if either works.

F9/F10 both would not work, even after unplugging.

You guys are great. I put it my USB to boot and suddenly BIOS showed. I think Windows had an update and rebooted, probably messed the EFI on first disc (MAC disk. But I had a backup of the partition. Phew. All good now.

Thanks!

 

[trs96]

I think Windows had an update and rebooted, probably messed the EFI on first disc (MAC disk.

That is the reason why many people install a hot swap bay in their desktop PC and never have more than one drive / OS connected at a time. Windows will often mess up the Mac's EFI.

 

[watrworld]

That is the reason why many people install a hot swap bay in their desktop PC and never have more than one drive / OS connected at a time. Windows will often mess up the Mac's EFI.

I did a little googling. Hmm, interesting idea, never heard of that before.

Both my MACOS and WIN10 are SSDs. How does that work? Do I buy two? I put it under the CDROM? Any specific recommendation for my HP6300.

A SATA switch might also be an option (https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/82086-build-your-own-sata-hard-drive-switch).

Anyone gone that route?

Thanks!

 

[trs96]

How does that work? Do I buy two? I put it under the CDROM? Any specific recommendation for my HP6300.

If you don't use the optical drive then you can remove that and put the hotswap bay in there.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077K41VCH/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
This one accepts both 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives. The idea is to only have one hard drive at a time connected when booting. I have the HP 6300 Pro MT so I've got two 5.25 inch bays to use. I can keep my optical drive installed and use the second bay. This is how the 2.5" SSD looks when connected. 3.5" HDDs stick out much farther.

 

[Lonelytanker]

If you don't use the optical drive then you can remove that and put the hotswap bay in there.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077K41VCH/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
This one accepts both 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives. The idea is to only have one hard drive at a time connected when booting. I have the HP 6300 Pro MT so I've got 2 5.25 inch bays to use. I can keep my optical drive installed and use a bay. This is how the 2.5" SSD looks when connected. 3.5" HDDs stick out much farther.

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Wow, this is pretty sweet. Thanks for mentioning this. I've just been opening the case and disconnecting/reconnecting cables when I wanted to not into Windows. I'm definitely going to give this a try instead.