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Hello, Hackintosh community!
Okay, I am at my wits end with my hackintosh install. It is my first build, and am dealing with a frustrating issue. I've done all the homework, read every forum thread I can find, installed [uninstalled, and re-installed] multiple times and no luck.
I am trying to get connected to a network after doing the process install of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I have everything installed and the OS is running. I still have to run the OS from iBoot-Ivy-Bridge, but I read that was normal until I did a full Unibeast install of Mountain Lion. However, I can't get to the internet to get Unibeast or Mountain Lion! Here's my system specs:
Intel i7-3770 LGA1155 77W Ivy Bridge processor
GIGABYTE GA-Z77MX-D3H mobo
Corsair Neutron 256GB SSD
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3
Here's what I have done, so there is no confusion as to what needs to be done:
I have...
... tried booting using iBoot 3.3.0 - failed;
... tried booting using iBoot Ivy Bridge - succeeded [as noted above];
... installed the 10.6.8 Combo Update [as directed in the installation walkthroughs I have followed];
... tried using Multibeast 3.10.1 - installed drivers, but nothing works.
Now, here is the break down of everything else I have done to try and fix this. The motherboard in question required me to install Windows7 on the machine, first, to do the chipset driver installation. This did not make itself apparent in the beginning. Anyway, ran the chipset driver install, then re-installed Mac OS X SL. [Yes, I installed SL after building the machine, thinking it would be fine. False.] I figured that would work, in getting me onto the internet after I installed the drivers via Multibeast 3.10.1. No so. Spent 5+ hours doing research to find the issue. As I reflected back on the chipset driver install [yes, I have a near photographic short-term memory], I realized that the network driver was not Realtek; so the drivers in Multibeast 3.10.1 would not work. My driver is Atheros on the motherboard. So, I went looking for a solution and found a thread recommending trying to install the Multibeast 5.5.3 driver for Atheros Ethernet drivers. Every time I try, the install fails. I went in search of a stand-alone installer for the driver in question [Shailua's ALXEthernet v1.0] and found a post, made by Shailua, on InsanelyMac [http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/to...eros-ar813132515261627172-driver-for-107108/] with a walkthrough for terminal installation of the kext. However, it doesn't seem to work.
The orange light on the ethernet port is blinking [slow, once every two seconds] which basically says that the driver is in place. I get a connection indicator from my router that there is something there, but there is no connectivity. Here's the rub: if I install Windows, I'm gold; for obvious reasons. But, the point of the money spent was to own a Mac without paying the Mac price...
I know this is a long one, but detail is good, right? It makes it easier to narrow down help. However, here are my stipulations for the help: 1. I am not a coder, so unless you are willing to give me a step-by-step walkthrough on the exact process to get the drivers installed and recognized, I am not going to be able to follow that approach. 2. I am not buying more hardware for this build. I spent the last 7 months doing 100+ hours of research to make sure that I knew what I was getting into and ensuring that the parts I purchased were compatible to one another and were going to make this build efficient. Therefore, I am not purchasing a stand-alone Ethernet card to make this work. 3. If there is nothing, outside of the assistance that would be rendered by stipulations 1 and 2, that can be done, this build as a Mac is on hold until I get my hands on a real Mac and can do the thumb drive boot process with Unibeast and Mountain Lion. I will be migrating back to Windows so I don't sit on a paperweight until then. Assembling the hardware is easy, troubleshooting is getting beyond my pay-grade.
I humbly appreciate any help I can get, but I can't afford more parts and cannot do this the coder's way without in-depth assistance. If I am asking the improbable [never impossible], so be it.
I thank y'all in advance for anything/everything you can do to help!
Respectfully,
SilentEcho
Okay, I am at my wits end with my hackintosh install. It is my first build, and am dealing with a frustrating issue. I've done all the homework, read every forum thread I can find, installed [uninstalled, and re-installed] multiple times and no luck.
I am trying to get connected to a network after doing the process install of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I have everything installed and the OS is running. I still have to run the OS from iBoot-Ivy-Bridge, but I read that was normal until I did a full Unibeast install of Mountain Lion. However, I can't get to the internet to get Unibeast or Mountain Lion! Here's my system specs:
Intel i7-3770 LGA1155 77W Ivy Bridge processor
GIGABYTE GA-Z77MX-D3H mobo
Corsair Neutron 256GB SSD
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3
Here's what I have done, so there is no confusion as to what needs to be done:
I have...
... tried booting using iBoot 3.3.0 - failed;
... tried booting using iBoot Ivy Bridge - succeeded [as noted above];
... installed the 10.6.8 Combo Update [as directed in the installation walkthroughs I have followed];
... tried using Multibeast 3.10.1 - installed drivers, but nothing works.
Now, here is the break down of everything else I have done to try and fix this. The motherboard in question required me to install Windows7 on the machine, first, to do the chipset driver installation. This did not make itself apparent in the beginning. Anyway, ran the chipset driver install, then re-installed Mac OS X SL. [Yes, I installed SL after building the machine, thinking it would be fine. False.] I figured that would work, in getting me onto the internet after I installed the drivers via Multibeast 3.10.1. No so. Spent 5+ hours doing research to find the issue. As I reflected back on the chipset driver install [yes, I have a near photographic short-term memory], I realized that the network driver was not Realtek; so the drivers in Multibeast 3.10.1 would not work. My driver is Atheros on the motherboard. So, I went looking for a solution and found a thread recommending trying to install the Multibeast 5.5.3 driver for Atheros Ethernet drivers. Every time I try, the install fails. I went in search of a stand-alone installer for the driver in question [Shailua's ALXEthernet v1.0] and found a post, made by Shailua, on InsanelyMac [http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/to...eros-ar813132515261627172-driver-for-107108/] with a walkthrough for terminal installation of the kext. However, it doesn't seem to work.
The orange light on the ethernet port is blinking [slow, once every two seconds] which basically says that the driver is in place. I get a connection indicator from my router that there is something there, but there is no connectivity. Here's the rub: if I install Windows, I'm gold; for obvious reasons. But, the point of the money spent was to own a Mac without paying the Mac price...
I know this is a long one, but detail is good, right? It makes it easier to narrow down help. However, here are my stipulations for the help: 1. I am not a coder, so unless you are willing to give me a step-by-step walkthrough on the exact process to get the drivers installed and recognized, I am not going to be able to follow that approach. 2. I am not buying more hardware for this build. I spent the last 7 months doing 100+ hours of research to make sure that I knew what I was getting into and ensuring that the parts I purchased were compatible to one another and were going to make this build efficient. Therefore, I am not purchasing a stand-alone Ethernet card to make this work. 3. If there is nothing, outside of the assistance that would be rendered by stipulations 1 and 2, that can be done, this build as a Mac is on hold until I get my hands on a real Mac and can do the thumb drive boot process with Unibeast and Mountain Lion. I will be migrating back to Windows so I don't sit on a paperweight until then. Assembling the hardware is easy, troubleshooting is getting beyond my pay-grade.
I humbly appreciate any help I can get, but I can't afford more parts and cannot do this the coder's way without in-depth assistance. If I am asking the improbable [never impossible], so be it.
I thank y'all in advance for anything/everything you can do to help!
Respectfully,
SilentEcho