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- Apr 5, 2011
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- Motherboard
- Mac OS 10.9.5
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-760
- Graphics
- Geforce GT240 1GB
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Success!Everything worked out perfectly!
My goal was to use my totally silent Zalman case to build a nice little MacPro.I am allergic to the sound of a computer-vent.I worked in a cleanroom environment for quite some time with a big vent directly over me,and after a while I just got really pis... by the noise of my computer at home.
The case can only take mATX mainboards and has only room for one optical drive and 2 HDD.And if you are using a completly silent computer case then every part you use that could emmit sounds has to be chosen wisely.After trying the most silent HDDs on the market I came to the conclusion that using Notebook-HDDs is the best choice.And for a nice and smooth running hack I ordered a SSD for the system,just because it had to be perfect
So the parts used are the following:
Zalman TNN 300 case with built in 350Watt PSU
Gigabyte GA-H55M USB3 Rev.2.0 Bios Version F11
Intel Core i5-760, 4x 2.80GHz
8GB Kingston HyperX DIMM Kit PC3-10667U CL7-7-7-20
XFX Geforce GT 240 1GB GDDR3
Corsair Force Series F120, 120GB, 2.5", SATA II
4x 200GB Fujitsu MHV2200BT PL Notebook HDD,2,5"
Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S
The installation of the mainboard and CPU cooling was quite tricky because the case isn´t prepared to take a socket 1156 mainboard,but you will see the solution on a picture I am attaching to this post.The rest was straight forward.Ah,one exception,the HDDs.I built a wooden cage for them and two brackets out of aluminium to let them sit nicely in the case.The are also detached from the case by feet on the drives themselves and the wooden case is held by the bracktes wich have felt stripes to hold the cage.You can´t hear a thing from the drives,even if you put your head on the case.
Yes,so I installed windows 7 on one of the Fujitsu drives and updated the BIOS.
With the latest iBoot CD,a retail Snow Leopard 10.6.3 installation disc and Multi Beast,the custom DSDT,the combo update to 10.6.7 and the tonymacx86 NVIDIA updater on a USB drive I started the installation.
I set the BIOS to the recommended settings,then I booted with the iBoot CD.Only the SSD was connected at that time,no other drive.After switching the CDs,putting in the Snow Leopard disc,the installation went just fine.I installed the combo update and ran MultiBeast after that.It was all straight forward and it worked out that fine that I am even not a 100% (maybe 96 or 97% )sure of the settings I took to install,but I think it was this:
UserDSDT Install
System Utilities
Drivers and Bootloaders:
ALC8xxHDA
AppleHDA Rollback
JMicron36x ATA
JMicron36x SATA
USB 3.0 NEC/Renesas
Lnx2Mac´s RealtekRTL81xx Ethernet controllers
64-bit Apple Bootscreen
After the first reboot I installed the NVIDIA updater and rebooted again.
Everything is working perfectly.I have the Apple Keyboard.(Aluminium,USB,with NUM-Pad).Also a Logitech MX510.I want to use the Magic Trackpad I have,but I ordered the wrong bluetooth-dongle.I am waiting for a D-Link DBT 120 now.I also have the Magic Mouse,but after installing the Logitech drivers for the MX510 I can use the additional buttons to swich spaces,and the feeling is much more precise then with the Magic Mouse.I like but when I am working in Lightroom I don´t want to push 3 times to get the mouse do a right-click... And I think my fingers are not stupid.I have the BetterTouchTool installed and with the trackpad it is pure joy on my MacbookAir.I bought the mouse for the Macbook and realised I am really not using it at all because the trackpad is that fine.Now I think with the MX510 and the magic trackpad it will be a really nice combination.
Yes,so everything works,including sleep,all USB ports,Sound,Ethernet,Graphics,disc burning and TimeMachine.Like on the Macbook,only a little bit faster..
The other drives are for
Time Machine
Photos
Music
Data
So I got one dedicated drive for time machine wich is nice compared to the necessity to connect an external one like on the macbook.
I am mostly using my computer for working on my photographs,so the power is much appreciated.My usual workflow is to copy the pictures to the SSD,import them into lightroom and work on them while they are on the SSD,after the editing is done I put them onto the photo drive and redirect Lightroom to the new location.So I got all the speed of the SSD but there is simply no need to store everything on these expensive little thing...
Yes,one thing... Last but not least I have to thank you Tony,and the other admins of this site.It is a real pleasure to look for information here because you simply FIND it!Here the usual "I know more then you,so I don´t talk to you noob.." thing is not happening at all.I am a total noob to the Mac,I own a Macbook since last autumn,and especially to the Hackintosh world.But this,as far as I know is no real hackintosh,is it?Its installed with a retail install disc using tools wich are based on open source code..
I "ordered" a CustomBeast to contribute to this site,and in case I have to reinstall some time in the future.After all the money we spend on these computer parts we shouldn´t forget the people who help us making the best use of it!
A few pictures for you to see how everything is packed into this nice little mATX Tower.I really like the case,built to last for ages and the only sound I hear is a clicking when the PSU starts or stops its work.
Thanks guys for the help,this was as easy as installing windows,and I just can´t take windows any more.Everything is so smooth and nicely connected with Mac OS X that I really wanted it on my desktop as well.
My goal was to use my totally silent Zalman case to build a nice little MacPro.I am allergic to the sound of a computer-vent.I worked in a cleanroom environment for quite some time with a big vent directly over me,and after a while I just got really pis... by the noise of my computer at home.
The case can only take mATX mainboards and has only room for one optical drive and 2 HDD.And if you are using a completly silent computer case then every part you use that could emmit sounds has to be chosen wisely.After trying the most silent HDDs on the market I came to the conclusion that using Notebook-HDDs is the best choice.And for a nice and smooth running hack I ordered a SSD for the system,just because it had to be perfect
So the parts used are the following:
Zalman TNN 300 case with built in 350Watt PSU
Gigabyte GA-H55M USB3 Rev.2.0 Bios Version F11
Intel Core i5-760, 4x 2.80GHz
8GB Kingston HyperX DIMM Kit PC3-10667U CL7-7-7-20
XFX Geforce GT 240 1GB GDDR3
Corsair Force Series F120, 120GB, 2.5", SATA II
4x 200GB Fujitsu MHV2200BT PL Notebook HDD,2,5"
Sony Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S
The installation of the mainboard and CPU cooling was quite tricky because the case isn´t prepared to take a socket 1156 mainboard,but you will see the solution on a picture I am attaching to this post.The rest was straight forward.Ah,one exception,the HDDs.I built a wooden cage for them and two brackets out of aluminium to let them sit nicely in the case.The are also detached from the case by feet on the drives themselves and the wooden case is held by the bracktes wich have felt stripes to hold the cage.You can´t hear a thing from the drives,even if you put your head on the case.
Yes,so I installed windows 7 on one of the Fujitsu drives and updated the BIOS.
With the latest iBoot CD,a retail Snow Leopard 10.6.3 installation disc and Multi Beast,the custom DSDT,the combo update to 10.6.7 and the tonymacx86 NVIDIA updater on a USB drive I started the installation.
I set the BIOS to the recommended settings,then I booted with the iBoot CD.Only the SSD was connected at that time,no other drive.After switching the CDs,putting in the Snow Leopard disc,the installation went just fine.I installed the combo update and ran MultiBeast after that.It was all straight forward and it worked out that fine that I am even not a 100% (maybe 96 or 97%
)sure of the settings I took to install,but I think it was this:UserDSDT Install
System Utilities
Drivers and Bootloaders:
ALC8xxHDA
AppleHDA Rollback
JMicron36x ATA
JMicron36x SATA
USB 3.0 NEC/Renesas
Lnx2Mac´s RealtekRTL81xx Ethernet controllers
64-bit Apple Bootscreen
After the first reboot I installed the NVIDIA updater and rebooted again.
Everything is working perfectly.I have the Apple Keyboard.(Aluminium,USB,with NUM-Pad).Also a Logitech MX510.I want to use the Magic Trackpad I have,but I ordered the wrong bluetooth-dongle.I am waiting for a D-Link DBT 120 now.I also have the Magic Mouse,but after installing the Logitech drivers for the MX510 I can use the additional buttons to swich spaces,and the feeling is much more precise then with the Magic Mouse.I like but when I am working in Lightroom I don´t want to push 3 times to get the mouse do a right-click... And I think my fingers are not stupid.I have the BetterTouchTool installed and with the trackpad it is pure joy on my MacbookAir.I bought the mouse for the Macbook and realised I am really not using it at all because the trackpad is that fine.Now I think with the MX510 and the magic trackpad it will be a really nice combination.
Yes,so everything works,including sleep,all USB ports,Sound,Ethernet,Graphics,disc burning and TimeMachine.Like on the Macbook,only a little bit faster..
The other drives are for
Time Machine
Photos
Music
Data
So I got one dedicated drive for time machine wich is nice compared to the necessity to connect an external one like on the macbook.
I am mostly using my computer for working on my photographs,so the power is much appreciated.My usual workflow is to copy the pictures to the SSD,import them into lightroom and work on them while they are on the SSD,after the editing is done I put them onto the photo drive and redirect Lightroom to the new location.So I got all the speed of the SSD but there is simply no need to store everything on these expensive little thing...
Yes,one thing... Last but not least I have to thank you Tony,and the other admins of this site.It is a real pleasure to look for information here because you simply FIND it!Here the usual "I know more then you,so I don´t talk to you noob.." thing is not happening at all.I am a total noob to the Mac,I own a Macbook since last autumn,and especially to the Hackintosh world.But this,as far as I know is no real hackintosh,is it?Its installed with a retail install disc using tools wich are based on open source code..
I "ordered" a CustomBeast to contribute to this site,and in case I have to reinstall some time in the future.After all the money we spend on these computer parts we shouldn´t forget the people who help us making the best use of it!
A few pictures for you to see how everything is packed into this nice little mATX Tower.I really like the case,built to last for ages and the only sound I hear is a clicking when the PSU starts or stops its work.
Thanks guys for the help,this was as easy as installing windows,and I just can´t take windows any more.Everything is so smooth and nicely connected with Mac OS X that I really wanted it on my desktop as well.
