Comments on: myHack Installer 1.0 RC4 Released

By: Crizmon

Crizmon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:35:04 +0000

Conti: Thanks much. i have a MacBook Pro so I don’t reeeaaaallllyyyyy need the XPS420 to be a mac just yet, so I may wait it out a bit and see if a kext for ATI 2400HD comes out. Mainly I just wanted to turn that machine into a powerful FCP rig since its a quad core. Oh well.
Thanks again for the quick responses and help!
-Crizmon

By: Dreamer

Dreamer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:16:59 +0000

Hi there. Big thanks for creating such a awesome tool. This one really can’t be compared to any distros or any other tools. Works perfectly for me with my Intel Core2Quad Q6600, Intel G31M S2L, 2x2GB 800 Mhz RAm, 120 GB HDD ATA and Nvidia Geforce 9500GT 1GB. Seems to be the best way of installing Snow Leopard on PC.

By: Conti

Conti — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:57:09 +0000

GR: I replied to you HERE ;-)

By: GR

GR — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:34:16 +0000

Thanks, this is the easiest installation process ever. I posted this question before, but i failed to find the page where i posted it. My question is, how can i change the display resolution after installation? I have a bigger display with higher resolution, and the default setting that shows in system preference is 1024×768. If you could please tell me how can i change that to the ones for my display. Once again, thanks this is by far the best method to make a Hackintosh, and i will for sure inform my friends on campus about your site.

By: Conti

Conti — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:36:01 +0000

Crizmon: Unfortunately lspci is certainly not going to work on DOS or Vista, but you may still be able to find a way to obtain the information. Basically it’s just a very covenant way of listing all the devices in your system with very detailed information. MBR or GUID wouldn’t make a difference in this case. I’m guessing it’s as simple as that ATI 2400 – it will not work with GraphicsEnabler, in fact I am unaware of any method currently that will allow it to function in Snow Leopard as I mentioned previously.

To answer your other question, sure you could run it off of a USB drive but it will be much slower. I would suggest you just shrink your windows partition and make room for a dual boot. But save that until after you gain some familiarity with the installation process and have gotten everything running smoothly using that USB drive.

By: Crizmon

Crizmon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:24:21 +0000

unfortunately I do not have a copy of linux or leopard already installed on that system, it’s been running vista 32bit. I might as well ask as well, my plan was to leave Vista on one drive and install Snow Leopard to an external and then just hit F12 and choose to boot from USB once the install works, so is that a solid plan? Or do I have to give up the windows boot entirely and make it just a hackintosh? I will hop on IRC and see if anyone has any ideas as well. As for the options, I’m using your latest version of myHack and only added the Graphicsenabler option. The USB drive is formatted MBR as of now but I first tried GUID. I’ve tried other options but what I just mentioned is how the USB stick is currently set up. Also I did run the pfix on the USB before trying it on the pc.
What information are you trying to obtain with ispci? I’m not familiar with it, but maybe theres a way I can get the same info in DOS or Vista?
Thanks again for the help! :)

By: Conti

Conti — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:12:01 +0000

Crizmon: The ATI Radeon 2400hd is not yet supported on OS X Snow Leopard so that is part of your problem. If you have linux handy or a working leopard install on the system could you run lspci and copy+paste the output to pastebin and link me to it here? Also I’d need to know what options you used in the installer and what (if any) kexts you added manually. I suggest you hop on IRC (details are posted on home page) and I’m sure someone there will help you if I am not available myself.

By: Crizmon

Crizmon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:31:20 +0000

I’m fairly new to this whole hackintosh thing. I am having the same problem with myHack that I seem to be having with RebelEfi (i know you probably are not a fan) and other bootloaders. They all seem to get to a certain point in the boot process and then just hang. With your’s (which does seem to be the best by the way, Great job!!) it seems to just hang at the load screen with the apple logo and your product’s name and slogan. I’ve tried a few different configs when installing the myhack to my usb drive. Here are my system specs (oh and I am trying to install Snow Leopard from a proper retail restore to the USB):
Dell XPS420
quad core 2 duo 2.5 q6600 board
3gb ram
sata drives
ati radeon 2400hd

I believe thats all you would need to know, but please let me know if you have any help for me.
Thanks, and once again you really have done an amazing job putting this in an easy to use package.

By: Conti

Conti — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:25:33 +0000

Henrik: Personally I use a 9800GTX+ which works very well in OS X and also plays most if not all games quite well, at least well enough for me (Unfortunately I am too busy to play any lately). I’d suggest 9400/9600 as a good alternative – many of the current apple computer systems use the 9400 – it’s sufficient for most things but certainly not designed for heavy gaming.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:38:38 +0000

Thank you for your answer Conti!
I will try to find myself a decent Nvidia card that’s fanless and cheap. Guess I’ll visit the local PC store soon.
After skimming through some comments on Netkas’ blog, it looks like there’s no easy way to get this darn 2400 card working properly. Guess I’ll just have to wait until I buy myself a new card before trying this, but it looks really promising!

Any suggestions for a decent Nvidia card? I don’t require the most extreme card, I want a cheap ($50 or so) card that will work with games like Spore and The Sims 3, and I’m a happy camper!