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First off, I know there are a few other EVGA X58 installation guides out there, but
from what I could find, many used methods I'd rather avoid (like installing
OSInstall.mpkg to another hard drive or partition) or just not being for Snow
Leopard (Snow Leopard's native ability to install from a hard drive changes a lot.)
In my experience, using the 'OSInstall.mpkg' method can lead to little problems and
annoyances.

This guide is completely vanilla (I even believe that there is a vanilla workaround
for sound now, too, but I haven't tried it yet.) This guide will split into two paths for
a while, depending on what hardware you have available to use.

 


-Another Mac OS X Installation (things will be even easier if you can get your hands
on a Mac Pro, but that isn't required.) You may use another vanilla installation, a
real mac, or a distribution.
-You'll need a disc image of the Snow Leopard install DVD (this can easily be done
using Disc Utility. Ȅ you can just use the original DVD if you're using a real Mac or if
you run your bootloader from another flash drive.)
-A spare hard drive that you can reformat and install Snow Leopard onto OR a spare
external hard drive to make into an install "disc."
-This pack of stuff [here] (I put together everything you need into one package
Netkas' boot file, Chameleon 2 RC3 r658, and a collection of KEXTs, plists, and
utilities. You can update Chameleon and the boot file if you'd like, but I know these
work.)
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don't have one, set one.)
1a)  Create a disc image of your Snow Leopard
Install DVD.
On your Mac: Place your Snow Leopard Install DVD in your drive. Open Disc
Utility and choose your DVD. Click 'Create Image' and follow any dialogue boxes.
Save the image to a location of your choosing.
1b) Restore your Snow Leopard DVD to an external hard drive.
Open Disk Utility and click on your external hard drive. Choose the
'Partition' tab. Choose '1 Partition.' Choose 'Options->GUID Partition Table.' Name
the drive whatever you want. This name won't be kept when you restore the image.
After the partitioning is complete, choose the 'Restore' tab. Select your Snow
Leopard disk image and drag your external hard drive into the 'Destination' field.
Check 'Erase Destination' and press 'Restore.' Allow this process to complete.

2) Insert your Hackintosh's hard drive into your Mac.

3) Boot from the install disc / hard drive.
4) Format your Hackintosh's hard drive. Open Disk Utility and click on your hard
drive. Choose the 'Partition' tab. Choose '1 Partition.' Choose 'Options->GUID
Partition Table.' Name the drive what you want (I named it 'Macintosh HD.') Click
'Partition.'
5) Quit Disk Utility.
6) Click 'Continue' on the Mac OS X Installation screen.
7) When prompted to choose where to install to, choose your Hackintosh's hard
drive.
8) Click 'Customize.'
9) Select everything but the printer drivers. (Unless you don't care to install all the
features and such.)
10) Press 'Okay' and then 'Install.'
11) Allow Snow Leopard to install.
12) When it's complete, shut down your Mac and remove your Hackintosh's hard
drive.
13) Boot your Mac back up on its own installation.
14) Plug in your flash drive that you are dedicating to be a first-time bootloader for
your Hackintosh.
Open Disk Utility and click on your external hard drive. Choose the
'Partition' tab. Choose '1 Partition.' Choose 'Options->GUID Partition Table.' Name
the drive whatever you want.
15) Place the files you downloaded from above on your desktop (if you didn't
download them, they are available here.)
16) Open Terminal (Application->Utilities->Terminal.)
17) Type [code]diskutil list[/code]
Write down your flash drive's identifier and its partition identifier. (i.e. -
disk# and disc#s2 (or s1 if your flash drive doesn't have room for an EFI partition.)
You'll need these later.
18) Type [code]cd [/code] then drag and drop the i386 folder within your
Chameleon folder (which was included in my set of files.)
19) Type [code]sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk2[/code] and replace 'rdisk2'
with whatever your flash drive's identifier was.
20) Type [code]sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk2s2[/code] and replace 'rdisk2s2'
with whatever your flash drive's partition identifier was.
21) Type [code]sudo cp [/code] and drag the 'boot' file to your terminal window,
then drag your flash drive to the terminal window. Press enter. Enter your
password if required.
22) Close Terminal.
23) Drag my included 'Extra' folder to your flash drive.
24a) If you aren't using a GeForce GTX 260, you'll need a new EFI string for your
com.apple.Boot.plist. Instructions for doing this can be found here.
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Paste this EFI String into the device-properties section off your
com.apple.Boot.plist in the 'Extra' folder.
24b) Change 'Graphics Mode' in com.apple.Boot.plist to whatever your resolution
settings are.
24c) Remove arch=i386 if you want a 64-bit kernel. I have not tested this yet.
25) Put your Hackintosh's hard drive into your Hackintosh. Also plug in your flash
drive.
26) Boot your Hackintosh. Enter the BIOS and set the following settings:
Under 'Integrated Peripherals' set the first and last two options to AHCI.
Under 'Power Management Setup' change the setting from 'S1' to 'S3.'
Under 'PnP/PCI Configurations' change the setting for default output from
'PCI' to 'PCI Ex' (unless you're using a PCI graphics card.)
Under 'Frequency/Voltage Control' over clock your RAM and/or CPU if you
so choose.
27) Save and exit setup.
28) Your computer will restart. Press the 'Esc' key repeatedly to access the boot
menu. If all goes as planned, your flash drive will appear as a boot choice. Boot
from it. When the Chameleon bootloader shows up, press any key and choose your
Snow Leopard drive. Press enter.
29) Hopefully, your computer will start up. If you get kernel panics, remote
'DSDT.aml' from your extra folder. This only disadvantage to this is the need to re-
enter BIOS settings every time you boot into OS X.
30) Follow the same instructions that you followed above to install Chameleon and
the Netkas boot file and Extra folder onto your flash drive to install it to your boot
drive. Except use the disk# from your boot drive, not the flash drive.
31) Now you can boot without the flash drive plugged in! One last step: Use
Technojunkie's 'Kext Helper' application I included to install VoodooHDA.kext.
(This is the only non-vanilla part of the install.) Run the 'Kext Utility' application
and allow it to complete. Lastly, install the Realtek driver .pkg that I included to get
the Ethernet working. Reboot (making sure that you are booting to your Snow
Leopard drive) and be happy. Snow Leopard should be fully functioning! (NOTE:
Sleep still doesn't work. Be sure to disable sleep under the 'Energy Saver' panel in
System Preferences. ALSO NOTE THAT WITH THE KEXTs I INCLUDED, THE 10.6.2
UPDATE DOESN'T WORK. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS UNTIL I HAVE
A BACKUP DRIVE TO BACKUP TO. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THIS TO WORK,
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don't have one, set one.)
1) Create a disc image of your Snow Leopard Install DVD. On your OS X Installation:
Place your Snow Leopard Install DVD in your drive. Open Disc Utility and choose
your DVD. Click 'Create Image' and follow any dialogue boxes. Save the image to a
location of your choosing.
2) Restore your Snow Leopard DVD to an external hard drive.
Open Disk Utility and click on your external hard drive. Choose the
'Partition' tab. Choose '1 Partition.' Choose 'Options->GUID Partition Table.' Name
the drive whatever you want. This name won't be kept when you restore the image.
After the partitioning is complete, choose the 'Restore' tab. Select your Snow
Leopard disk image and drag your external hard drive into the 'Destination' field.
Check 'Erase Destination' and press 'Restore.' Allow this process to complete.
3) Place the files you downloaded from above on your desktop (if you didn't
download them, they are available here.)
4) Open Terminal (Application->Utilities->Terminal.)
5) Type [code]diskutil list[/code]
Write down your install drive's identifier and its partition identifier. (i.e. -
disk# and disc#s2 (or s1 if your flash drive/hard drive doesn't have an EFI
partition.) You'll need these later.
6) Type [code]cd [/code] then drag and drop the i386 folder within your Chameleon
folder (which was included in my set of files.)
7) Type [code]sudo fdisk -f boot0 -u -y /dev/rdisk2[/code] and replace 'rdisk2' with
whatever your install drive's identifier was.
8) Type [code]sudo dd if=boot1h of=/dev/rdisk2s2[/code] and replace 'rdisk2s2'
with whatever your install drive's partition identifier was.
9) Type [code]sudo cp [/code] and drag the 'boot' file to your terminal window, then
drag your install drive to the terminal window. Press enter. Enter your password if
required.
10) Close Terminal.
11) Drag my included 'Extra' folder to your flash drive.
12a) If you aren't using a GeForce GTX 260, you'll need a new EFI string for your
com.apple.Boot.plist. Instructions for doing this can be found here.
[http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=5
09&page=1] p
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Paste this EFI String into the device-properties section off your
com.apple.Boot.plist in the 'Extra' folder.
12b) Change 'Graphics Mode' in com.apple.Boot.plist to whatever your resolution
settings are.
12c) Remove arch=i386 if you want a 64-bit kernel. I have not tested this yet.
13) Boot/reboot your Hackintosh and set your BIOS as follows:
Under 'Integrated Peripherals' set the first and last two options to AHCI.
Under 'Power Management Setup' change the setting from 'S1' to 'S3.'
Under 'PnP/PCI Configurations' change the setting for default output from
'PCI' to 'PCI Ex' (unless you're using a PCI graphics card.)
Under 'Frequency/Voltage Control' over clock your RAM and/or CPU if you
so choose.
14) Your computer will reboot. Press escape and choose to boot from your install
drive.
15) At the Chameleon bootloader choose your Snow Leopard drive.
16) If all goes well, your computer will boot into the Snow Leopard installer.
17) Format your Hackintosh's hard drive. Open Disk Utility and click on your
(internal) hard drive. Choose the 'Partition' tab. Choose '1 Partition.' Choose
'Options->GUID Partition Table.' Name the drive what you want (I named it
'Macintosh HD.') Click 'Partition.'
18) Quit Disk Utility.
19) Click 'Continue' on the Mac OS X Installation screen.
20) When prompted to choose where to install to, choose your Hackintosh's hard
drive.
21) Click 'Customize.'
22) Select everything but the printer drivers. (Unless you don't care to install all the
features and such.)
23) Press 'Okay' and then 'Install.'
24) Allow Snow Leopard to install.
25) When it's complete, press 'Restart.'
26) Hopefully, your computer will boot into Snow Leopard.
If you get a kernel panic, try removing the DSDT.aml. This will cause you to
have to re-enter BIOS setting after every boot into Mac.
27) Follow the same instructions that you followed above to install Chameleon and
the Netkas boot file and Extra folder onto your flash drive to install it to your boot
drive. Except use the disk# from your boot drive, not the flash drive.
28) Now you can boot without the flash drive plugged in! One last step: Use
Technojunkie's 'Kext Helper' application I included to install VoodooHDA.kext.
(This is the only non-vanilla part of the install.) Run the 'Kext Utility' application
and allow it to complete. Lastly, install the Realtek driver .pkg that I included to get
the Ethernet working. Reboot (making sure that you are booting to your Snow
Leopard drive) and be happy. Snow Leopard should be fully functioning! (NOTE:
Sleep still doesn't work. Be sure to disable sleep under the 'Energy Saver' panel in
System Preferences.
ALSO NOTE THAT WITH THE KEXTs I INCLUDED, THE 10.6.2 UPDATE DOESN'T
WORK. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS UNTIL I HAVE A BACKUP DRIVE
TO BACKUP TO. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THIS TO WORK, THOUGH. LOOK
AROUND THESE FORUMS.
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'Optional Installs' folder on your Install DVD. After it's installed, open Terminal, and
type [code]setfile -a V [/code] then drag and drop the 'boot' file from the root of
your hard drive to the Terminal window. Press enter. Do the same thing again with
the 'Extra' folder. (The folder can still be accessed by pressing cmd+shift+G and
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Try repairing your disc permissions.
Open Disc Utility and select your hard drive and click 'Verify and Repair
Permissions.' If it still doesn't work, boot from the install disc, repair permissions
there, and then reboot and repair permissions from within Snow Leopard again. If
this still doesn't work, read up on the specific application. Sometimes deleting
program preferences or doing a full reinstall works. 
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For reference, here is my system:

Motherboard: EVGA X58 (E758)
Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.36GHz
RAM: 6GB Corsair DDR3 1600
Hard Drives: 3 SATA hard drives, 2 Seagate, 1 Samsung
Case (not that it has any affect on running Mac): Antec Twelve Hundred

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-Videos and screenshots illustrating the method. -Instructions on upgrading to
10.6.2.