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There are some hackintosh issues that I could not fix so far. I wish I could fix them later. Right now I don’t have enough time to play with it.

Ok, here are:

1. Quartz Extreme doesn’t work with my 7950 card, not a big deal.
2. Paralels can’t work, I wish I could run windows as virtual machine, I don’t want bootcamp. Single boot is good, my hackintosh run 24/7, I write codes in osx daily, but I have some seo tools run under windows only.
3. Timemachine can’t work, it would be perfect if I have hourly backup with timemachine for data archiving and superduper run everynight for fast data recovery

If you have some directions, please drop me a message here. Thanks!

In earlier post I talked about 8600 gt. Now I really want to have dual monitor work. With 8600 gt I have an unsolved problem. The nvenabler could not perform dvi output. I know it must be something wrong with NVCAP value. I gave up with this card. Unplug it and I use the older but it has a lot of more powerful vga card, EVGA 7950 GT 512MB DDR3 ..

Instead of VGA/DVI connector, this card has dual DVI output. The NVEnabler could not recognize it. It give a black background, but somehow the mouse cursor appear. But it is helpless.

I go with safe mode, use -x when booting. Then install NVInjector 0.2.0. I didn’t use the kext file, but I got a universal installer. I will upload this file later in other post since it’s quite big. Then reboot.

My configuration is main monitor in DVI and second monitor in VGA (using DVI-VGA converter). Go to system preferences as usual, then monitor. Click ‘Detect displays’ to enable the second monitor. It work!

The main monitor, syncmaster 931bw with DVI connector has problem. It doesn’t run in native resolution. While the second monitor detected and work with its native resolution. I use switchresx to create custom resolution. Then reboot to active it.

Perfect! It work!

There is another issue, but not a big deal for me. Quartz Extreme is not supported. All monitor work on their native resolution is enough for my eyes. I also see higher temperature, cpu core run at 51-52 celcius. With 8600 gt it is cooler, 47-48 celcius.

I just fixed a random shutdown. When cpu in highload or around 55 celcius, the computer suddently off. I can’t turn it on unless unplug the power cable for a few seconds. It seems power suply issue. I replaced with other cheap and unused power supply 400W . I’m glad it work very well now.

I have two unused nvidia card, biostar 8600GT 512 and evga 7950GT 512. The 7950 has more power, but right now I want to use 8600, because I have no game installed in my pc at the moment.

I use nvenabler.pkg. Just run the file then reboot, it should work fine. You will get 1024 resolution first after installation, just go to system preferences to switch back to the native resolution you have. In my case, it is 1440×900.

Here is the file: NVEnabler.pkg

Ok, before I go further, please keep in mind that this is only happen to hackintosh pc

First, prepare an empty harddisk. Then, you need to install EFI to the disk. Use EFI that work with your hackintosh. I got mine work well with Chameleon EFI 1.0.12. If you need the file, here is: chameleon efi 1.0.12. You only need to do this once.

After EFI installed, you can run superduper backup on this disk. Before you use this disk for long term use, make sure you have tested this backup disk. Just unplug the SATA cable from the main harddisk. If it boot well, then it is perfect!

When running superduper, I encountered this error. According to direction from netkas forum, here is how to fix it.

Edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist

Changes <dict> section to:

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		<dict>
			<key>BSD Name</key>
			<string>en3</string>
			<key>IOBuiltin</key>
			<false/>
			<key>IOInterfaceType</key>
			<integer>6</integer>
			<key>IOInterfaceUnit</key>
			<integer>3</integer>
			<key>IOLocation</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>IOMACAddress</key>
			<data>
			ABbPoF5V
			</data>
			<key>IOPathMatch</key>
			<string>IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/P0P3@1C,2/
	      IOPCI2PCIBridge/pci14e4,4311@0/AirPort_Brcm43xx/IO80211Interface</string>
			<key>SCNetworkInterfaceType</key>
			<string>IEEE80211</string>
		</dict>

Then reboot.
“CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host” error will be eliminated

Now superduper work very well.

Updating a working hackintosh pc is risk task. Make sure you have good backup. You can use timemachine or superduper.

Ok, I updated 10.5.5 to 10.5.8. Here is the step by step:

1) install disabler.kext and dsmos.kext

2) reboot

3) I assume you have created full backup before, so now take the risk. Download 10.5.8 combo update from apple website.

4) After installation finished, it will reboot. If it take long, then it may your reboot function doesn’t work. Wait until 30 minutes or force to shutdown with pressing power button for a few seconds.

5) Boot as usual, leopard will continue updating. It will reboot again. If reboot failed, wait until 30 minutes. Then force shutdown like before.

6) Now boot again, you should now have leopard updated to 10.5.8. If you use ps2 mouse and keyboard, they might not work again. You need to use usb one.

After update. I notice that leopard failed to recognize my processor. It show up as 4GHz core 2 duo. But it is not a big deal The main reason I updated to 10.5.8 is new safari requirement.

I have an old macmini with core duo processor and 2GB ram running tiger. The performance is quite good for daily task and media player. However this is a 3 years old machine. It always good to have a new more powerful mac.

I wish I could buy new iMac, but I think it is better to build a hackintosh pc. Ok, here is my spec.

Motherboard GIGABYTE GA-945GCM-S2L (with intel 945 onboard video)
2GB RAM
1×250GB Harddisk (for osx entirely)
2×80 GB Harddisk (I wish I could make it as RAID)

OSX86 distro is iDeneb 1.3. I know there is a new one. But I already have the disk since a year ago.

Here is what you need to select when running iDeneb:

- ICHx Fix, this motherboard has ICH7
- intel 945 video, it will give you 1024×768, we need to fix it later 

For application, select:

- Kext helper, we need this to install kext file for audio driver (Realtek ALC662 codec) 
- OSX86 tool, we need this to enable QuartzGL

After iDeneb installation finish, you should now have running OSX. Then the next step is doing post installation. 

1) install kext for audio, use kext helper
2) apply GMA945 patch to show all available resolutions. I manage to get my syncmaster lcd to work native at 1440×900 after applying the patch
3) run osx86 tool, try to enable QuartzGL

Here is the kext and patch files.

Enjoy some screenshots: