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Here is my configuration and my personal mini guide with some work arounds. For me this system is a best buy in the price range 1400-1600eur. It is quiet,fast, looks great. I cant say its stable until I test it with some programs. Till now everything is superb.
ps: ram is still at factory setting, i will experiment with this later!
specs:
antec p183
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ULCOV6?ie=UTF8
Corsair HX 750W
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029F21LK?ie=UTF8
i7 950
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002A6G3V2?ie=UTF8
x58a-ud5 rev 2.0
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034CSTFY?ie=UTF8
Noctua DH-14
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VKVZ1A?ie=UTF8
12GB Corsair Dominator (3x4GB KIT)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ST3ZE8?ie=UTF8
MSI 5770 HAWK
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0037VQ0YE?ie=UTF8
OCZ Vertex 2 extended 120GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NE5JCO?ie=UTF8
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U3S5S0?ie=UTF8
WD RAPTOR 150GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EQQW1A?ie=UTF8
this wd drive is only for testing although its fast I will replace it with a second ssd or f3 500gb drive
my mini guide:
[1] First I installed win 7 on the SSD drive.
[2] Didnt know what AHCI is. Then I enabled AHCI post installation following this guide http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=575.
[3] Then I downloaded some software: iBoot, Multibeast, Combo Update 1.6.5, Lin2Mac realtek drivers and copied them to a USB key. Burned the iBoot iso!
[4] Flashed bios to FB if even I could flash it to a newer version, load optimized defaults
[5] Disconnected the SSD and F3 spinpoint drive. DIDNT REMOVE ANY RAM(FULL 12GB)
[6] Restart and to BIOS -> settings: AHCI mode, HPET to 64BIT, DVD-ROM first boot device/raptor second
[7] Now is the time to put the iBoot CD in the drive
[8] Followed the iBoot + Multibeast guide http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-x-on.html Everything worked. At the end of installation I put the iBoot cd back in drive and booted into leopard os.
[9] Started multibeast, installed the combo update.
[10] Didnt restart at the end(following the guide), Multibeast dissapeared, I reopen it. Then installed user dsdt and restarted the pc.
[11] BIOS time: I have set the wd raptor drive as the primary boot drive, Chameleon bootloader showed up but when I wanted to boot without the iBoot CD suddenly FANS GO CRAZY and a I hear a loud tone from my computer
] solved! but I still dont know what caused it...I just installed rc5... MAYBE because in the first multibeast setup i didnt rename the aml file to dsdt.aml but copyed to desktop the original name? please reflect my mind..
[12] Power OFF. Restart, booted leopard with iBoot. Graphics working, network didnt work after update but I installed lin2max drivers and then everything worked. The drivers can be found at following link http://lnx2mac.blogspot.com/2010/09/lnx2macs-realtek-rtl81xx-driver-goes.html. Sound didnt work.
[13] Started multibeast again and installed chameleon RC5 ati experimental, 64-bit apple boot screen and ALC889 and restarted
[14] Suddenly everything worked off the drive without iBoot CD.
[15] Connected all win 7 drives and set the Leopard drive to 1st in bios!
[16] Now I can now choose between win7 and Leopard. Everything is working rock solid. Leopard is showing 12GB ram.
Tnx to all for help and for the guides.. tonymac , lin2mac and many other guys that helped me(notshy, gambcl, going bald, macman, brawlz33, Jocelyn84, slyooney, etc.) Hope I didnt forget anyone!!
now lets talk about what is got to be fixed:
- when I click about this Mac it shows 3.1 ghz quad-core intel xeon. Is this ok or there is some disadvantage? solved! start multibeast -> advanced -> smbios.plist -> iMac -> core i7 -> install -> restart
- i installed deathadder drivers for mac(mouse). Everytime I get into leopard the mouse is at the lowest sensitivity possible even if I had the highest settings before the restart. w00t?
solved! I unistalled the razer deathadder drivers. Seems they make things only worse.
The only thing I hate is how the mouse reacts in leopard(acceleration) solved, a lot better now but I am still not satisfied! I think its just question of time until I get used to this "weird movement feeling". Download http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/ or http://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/ for better mouse perfomance. I use steermouse for now.
64-bit, sleep works, audio works, networking works, system info is correct, multiboot works
what doesnt work?I dont know... I cant see my windows drives who are on gsata ports. solved! enable AHCI for Gsata in BIOS. You must set from IDE to AHCI 3 times in BIOS, not only 1 time. IF you set it only as showed in most guides you wont see other hdds in leopard os!
ps: ram is still at factory setting, i will experiment with this later!
specs:
antec p183
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ULCOV6?ie=UTF8
Corsair HX 750W
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0029F21LK?ie=UTF8
i7 950
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002A6G3V2?ie=UTF8
x58a-ud5 rev 2.0
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034CSTFY?ie=UTF8
Noctua DH-14
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VKVZ1A?ie=UTF8
12GB Corsair Dominator (3x4GB KIT)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ST3ZE8?ie=UTF8
MSI 5770 HAWK
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0037VQ0YE?ie=UTF8
OCZ Vertex 2 extended 120GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NE5JCO?ie=UTF8
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001U3S5S0?ie=UTF8
WD RAPTOR 150GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EQQW1A?ie=UTF8
this wd drive is only for testing although its fast I will replace it with a second ssd or f3 500gb drive
my mini guide:
[1] First I installed win 7 on the SSD drive.
[2] Didnt know what AHCI is. Then I enabled AHCI post installation following this guide http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=575.
[3] Then I downloaded some software: iBoot, Multibeast, Combo Update 1.6.5, Lin2Mac realtek drivers and copied them to a USB key. Burned the iBoot iso!
[4] Flashed bios to FB if even I could flash it to a newer version, load optimized defaults
[5] Disconnected the SSD and F3 spinpoint drive. DIDNT REMOVE ANY RAM(FULL 12GB)
[6] Restart and to BIOS -> settings: AHCI mode, HPET to 64BIT, DVD-ROM first boot device/raptor second
[7] Now is the time to put the iBoot CD in the drive
[8] Followed the iBoot + Multibeast guide http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-x-on.html Everything worked. At the end of installation I put the iBoot cd back in drive and booted into leopard os.
[9] Started multibeast, installed the combo update.
[10] Didnt restart at the end(following the guide), Multibeast dissapeared, I reopen it. Then installed user dsdt and restarted the pc.
[11] BIOS time: I have set the wd raptor drive as the primary boot drive, Chameleon bootloader showed up but when I wanted to boot without the iBoot CD suddenly FANS GO CRAZY and a I hear a loud tone from my computer
] solved! but I still dont know what caused it...I just installed rc5... MAYBE because in the first multibeast setup i didnt rename the aml file to dsdt.aml but copyed to desktop the original name? please reflect my mind..
[12] Power OFF. Restart, booted leopard with iBoot. Graphics working, network didnt work after update but I installed lin2max drivers and then everything worked. The drivers can be found at following link http://lnx2mac.blogspot.com/2010/09/lnx2macs-realtek-rtl81xx-driver-goes.html. Sound didnt work.
[13] Started multibeast again and installed chameleon RC5 ati experimental, 64-bit apple boot screen and ALC889 and restarted
[14] Suddenly everything worked off the drive without iBoot CD.
[15] Connected all win 7 drives and set the Leopard drive to 1st in bios!
[16] Now I can now choose between win7 and Leopard. Everything is working rock solid. Leopard is showing 12GB ram.
Tnx to all for help and for the guides.. tonymac , lin2mac and many other guys that helped me(notshy, gambcl, going bald, macman, brawlz33, Jocelyn84, slyooney, etc.) Hope I didnt forget anyone!!
now lets talk about what is got to be fixed:
- when I click about this Mac it shows 3.1 ghz quad-core intel xeon. Is this ok or there is some disadvantage? solved! start multibeast -> advanced -> smbios.plist -> iMac -> core i7 -> install -> restart
- i installed deathadder drivers for mac(mouse). Everytime I get into leopard the mouse is at the lowest sensitivity possible even if I had the highest settings before the restart. w00t?
solved! I unistalled the razer deathadder drivers. Seems they make things only worse. The only thing I hate is how the mouse reacts in leopard(acceleration) solved, a lot better now but I am still not satisfied! I think its just question of time until I get used to this "weird movement feeling". Download http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/ or http://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/ for better mouse perfomance. I use steermouse for now.
64-bit, sleep works, audio works, networking works, system info is correct, multiboot works
what doesnt work?I dont know... I cant see my windows drives who are on gsata ports. solved! enable AHCI for Gsata in BIOS. You must set from IDE to AHCI 3 times in BIOS, not only 1 time. IF you set it only as showed in most guides you wont see other hdds in leopard os!
