Shuttle DS61

[macwannabe]

Has anyone installed mountain lion on a shuttle ds61?
I was looking at the intel nuc originally but think might be a little under powered so this has caught my eye its only a little bigger and was thinking a i3 3225 for the hd4000

 

[macwannabe]

If helps has following spec...

FORM FACTOR	1.3L chassis
PROCESSOR	Support Intel Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge 65W CPU
CHIPSET	Intel H61
MEMORY	2 x 204 pin DDR3 SODIMM slots,8GB per DIMM (Max 16GB) Dual Channel DDR3 1333 Mhz
VGA	DVI-I + HDMI dual display
AUDIO	Realtek ALC662 channel High Definition Audio
ETHERNET	Realtek 8111E X2 IEEE 802.3u 100Base-T specification revision 1.0 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s operation Support Wake-On-LAN function
STORAGE INTERFACE	3.0Gb/s bandwidth SATA II
ONBOARD CONNECTORS	(2) SATA connectors (1) SATA power connector (1) LVDS connector (1) LPC header (1) 4pin fan connector (1) 3pin fan connector (1) Clear COMS header
FRONT PANEL	(2) USB 2.0 ports (1) Microphone-In (1) Earphone-Out (1) Power-On button (1) Power LED (1) HDD LED (1) SD Card reader
BACK PANEL	(2) RJ45 Gigabit LAN port (1) DVI-I port (1) HDMI port (2) USB 3.0 ports (1) RS232 (1) RS232/RS422/RS485 (1) External power on header (1) DC in (1) Kensinton lock (2) Wireless Antenna fixture
EXPANSION BAY	(1) 2.5" HDD / SSD bay
DIMENSIONS	190(L) x 165(W) x 43(H) mm
POWER	90W adapter
ACCESSORIES	XPC Multilanguage Quick User Guide XPC DVD Driver (XP32 / 64 bit and Win7 32/ 64 bit) VESA mount VESA mount quick installation guide 1* Power cord 1* SATA cable Screws
EXPANSION SLOT	(1) Full size Mini-PCIE socket (m-SATA support)

 

[ChewbaccaMan]

I have a DS61 I used as old home theater PC, and I am thinking about making it into a hackintosh as a fun project while social distancing. Realize you did this many, many years ago, but any tips on how you got the DS61 up and running? I even have the same i3 3225 chip. Thanks!

 

[phunguss]

Why Mountain Lion? Why not High Sierra or Mojave?

 

[Feartech]

Why Mountain Lion? Why not High Sierra or Mojave?

Mojave or Catalina wasn't around 7 years ago

 

[UtterDisbelief]

I had a couple of the Intel-based Shuttles. They were great fun to build. Yes, agreed, I suspect you'd have difficulty installing any modern macOS.

 

[ChewbaccaMan]

I'm going to try Mojave or Catalina, just thought I'd ask macwannabe first for any tips (fully realizing that it was 7 years ago and MacOS has evolved a bit since then!). Mojave runs great on my old Ivy Bridge hackintosh. Hopefully I hear back, but if not I will give it a shot and let everyone know how it goes!

 

[phunguss]

You should be able to get HD4000 working in Mojave (I have it on my HD4000 on my laptop), but Catalina mileage may vary. I did install Catalina on a DH61DL motherboard so it should be likely on a 61 series motherboard.