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

[warmgeoff]

Hello there,
I have a HP 8300 SFF with Mojave. It works with no issue, but I want to add an external USB webcam to the setup. Do you have any advice what to buy or not buy?

Thanks

If you're on a budget, and don't mind ~720p, get a Microsoft Lifecam HD 3000; plug-n-play goodness on Macs-Hacs. It is of acceptable quality for coms and general purpose (all-around) use, IMHO. One can tweek it with "Webcam Settings", which I'm pretty sure is still on the App Store for free.

A better unit, still keeping within a budget, is the Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920, which I use currently for making YT videos, etc.; One can tweek it with "Webcam Settings", as well, getting much better resolution & features. The software that comes with it and most others, (i.e., so-called 'Mac'-compatibles), &/or even 'made-for-Mac' models are way overpriced &/or the softwares they come with don't necessarily work...My 2¢

 

[Daneland]

Hi guys and gals. I stopped my 6300s for Hackintoshing after upgraded. I use them for work computers(Win10) and while I was trying to fix something I messed them very badly and I cant start them up, it is nothing to do Windows, I cant even see HP logo , all black screen no video output and after a few seconds all fans start to blow at full speed. I think it is something to do with BIOS. I ended up in this situation after trying to handle KMODE exception error of Windows, the first one started to behave as described above and wanted to try SSD on the other 6300 to see whether it is an issue of SSD or other components and it caused the exact same thing for the second one.I know it is nothing to do Hackintosh but you might have an idea since it is (I guess BIOS related). Thanks in advance
Edit: I had to replace the MBs and problem solved but I could not find a way to fix it through software.

 

[soundbase]

I have an HP6300 that is running 10.14.6. I'm doing a clean install of Mojave onto another SSD drive. My current system has just got too messy and want to start form scratch. So I have Installed Mojave but am having a few issues. I think I have followed all the steps but some things aren't working. Maybe there is something I am missing. I have a NVidea GT 710 video card installed. But Mojave is not picking this up correctly. It says I have a NVidea Chip Model 8MB video card. How do I go about correcting this. Is it a Clover or Kext issue?

Attached is my saved IORegistery file, and Clover folder.

 

[Gigamaxx]

I have an HP6300 that is running 10.14.6. I'm doing a clean install of Mojave onto another SSD drive. My current system has just got too messy and want to start form scratch. So I have Installed Mojave but am having a few issues. I think I have followed all the steps but some things aren't working. Maybe there is something I am missing. I have a NVidea GT 710 video card installed. But Mojave is not picking this up correctly. It says I have a NVidea Chip Model 8MB video card. How do I go about correcting this. Is it a Clover or Kext issue?

Attached is my saved IORegistery file, and Clover folder.

Try this, you has boot arg. nv_disable=1 I removed it.

 

[soundbase]

Try this, you has boot arg. nv_disable=1 I removed it.

Awesome, thanks so much! That did it

 

[HackaShaq]

Just updated one of my HP 8300's (USFF) to Catalina using the fantastic companion guide from @Sniki
Just wanted to say another big thanks to @trs96 and @Sniki for providing these great resources!

Is there another complete machine similar to the HP8300 that also is so easy to hackintosh to use macOS?
Just wondering.

 

[trs96]

Is there another complete machine similar to the HP8300 that also is so easy to hackintosh to use macOS?

There really isn't anything that's as compatible and easy to hackintosh as your HP 8300. Many people like to use the Lenovo M93P Tiny for a Mac mini like hackintosh. There is a guide to follow for that:

[Success] Lenovo M93p, M73p "Tiny" mini PC i5 4570t, i7 4765t Yosemite-Catalina

macOS versions tested and working with this EFi configuration: Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina up to 10.15 beta 4. I Picked up a Lenovo M93p Tiny PC for a TV box/PC Hackintosh project and it was real easy to get up and running. It took all of ten minutes to...

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The Haswell based Dell Optiplex 7020/9020 is a good choice too. That also comes in USFF/SFF and MT form factors and they are relatively inexpensive to buy. The good thing is that Big Sur works with the Haswell refresh iMac 15,1 or 14,4 SMBIOS and some simple BIOS modding so it's slightly more future proof. I'm expecting it to retain support with macOS 12.0 but we'll only know for sure on June 7th of this year at WWDC.

The first guide I wrote was for Mojave but I've also posted a separate Big Sur/OpenCore guide too.

The 4K Dell OptiMac - 9020 MT - Core i7-4790 - Radeon RX 570 - LG 4K IPS Monitor

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[HackaShaq]

Great info as always @trs96 thanks for this.

 

[donfulano]

There really isn't anything that's as compatible and easy to hackintosh as your HP 8300.

The Haswell based Dell Optiplex 7020/9020 is a good choice too.

Many thanks @trs96 for your guides to both of these. Due to you I now have one of each

A quick question: could I clone the drive EFI/Macintosh HD from one to use on the other?
The reason I ask is that I have them both hooked up to the same monitor/TV over HDMI and the HP won't let me use Overscan in Displays. The Dell will. Both are at 10.14.6. The Dell has an older version of Clover, and also a Radeon RX560. The HP has a new version of Clover and is using onboard video.

I've tried everything to get Overscan working on the HP. It did work once or twice early on when I first connected it to this TV, but I've had no luck since then. If it's possible, cloning one drive to the other would be the easiest solution.

 

[trs96]

could I clone the drive EFI/Macintosh HD from one to use on the other?

Don't think that will work or resolve your problems. The Dell is Haswell based and the 8300 is Ivy Bridge. The EFI folder and config.plists have many differences that don't transfer from one to the other.

If you have working, natively supported wifi on the HP you could try using AirPlay to an Airplay enabled TV or at least one with Apple TV connected to it. Another thing you could try is using SwitchResEx app on the HP hackintosh to find a resolution that will fit.