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AnyOSx86installationguidecanseemdauntingatfirstglance,especiallywhentryingto remembercrypticterminalcommandsandsortingthroughvolumesofmisinformationonthe web.Thisguiderequiresnocoding,terminalwork,orMacexperienceofanykind.Youwillnot needaccesstoaMac.Infact,it'seasierandfasterformetoinstallSnowLeopardwithfully workingcomponentsonmysystemthanitistoinstallWindows7.Andmorefun. TheiBoot+MultiBeastmethodisdesignedandtestedforanydesktoporlaptoprunningthe latestlineofIntelprocessors,theCorei3/i5/i7s.Ihavehadreportsofsuccesswitholder machinesaswellincludingCoreDuo,Core2Duo,andevenPentium4.However,AMD processorsarenotsupported. YOUWILLNEED AcomputerrunninganIntelProcessor AblankCD AMacOSXSnowLeopardRetailDVD Toleaveanyfearofyourcomputeratthedoor. Patienceandhumilityitmaynotworkoutperfectlythefirsttimebutwithenoughtenacity andgrit,you'llreachthepromisedland.It'seasytogetfrustrated,butdon'tgiveup! Thereareacommunityofuserswithsimilarhardwareinthetonymacx86Forumto providesupportifyougetstuck. BEFOREYOUBEGIN Ifyouhavegreaterthan4gbofRAM,removetheextraRAMforamaximumof4gb. YoucanputbackanyextraRAMinaftertheinstallationprocess. Useonly1graphicscardinthe1stPCIeslotwith1monitorpluggedin. RemoveanyharddrivesbesidestheblankdrivebeingusedforOSX. RemoveanyUSBperipheralsbesideskeyboardandmouse. RemoveanyPCIcardsbesidesgraphicstheymaynotbeMaccompatible. IfusingaGigabyte1156board,usetheblueIntelSATAportsnotthewhiteGigabyte SATAports. It'sbesttouseanemptyharddriveyouwillhavetopartitionandformatthedrive. Alwaysbackupanyofyourimportantdata. STEP1:BIOSSETTINGS YouwillneedtosetyourBIOStoACHImodeandyourBootPrioritytobootfromCDROM
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STEP2:INSTALLMACOSX InordertoboottheMacOSXRetailDVD,you'llneedtodownloadandburniBoot.For desktopsandlaptopsusingunsupportedIntelCPUsandgraphics,alegacyversionofiBootcan bedownloadedhere.

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anAllInOneBootable USBDrive IntroducingUniBeast ournewtooltocreatea bootableUSBdrivefrom yourMacAppStorepurchasedcopyof InstallMacOSXLionorA... xMove+MultiBeast: InstallOSX10.7Lionon anySupportedIntelCore 2orCoreibasedPC AnyOSx86installation guidecanseemdauntingatfirst glance,especiallywhentryingto remembercrypticterminalcommands andsortingthr... DualBootWindows7 andOSXSnowLeopard UsingChameleon UsingChameleonas yourbootloader,youcan bootaninfiniteamountofoperating systemsonyourPC.It'ssimpletouse aseparateharddri... MultiBeastThe UltimatePostInstallation Utility

1. DownloadiBoot 2. BurntheimagetoCD 3. PlaceiBootinCD/DVDdrive 4. Restartcomputer 5. Atbootprompt,ejectiBoot

6. InsertyourMacOSXSnowLeopardRetailDVDandpressF5 7. Whenyouseethescreenbelow,pressentertobeginthebootprocess

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8. Whenyougettotheinstallationscreen,openUtilities/DiskUtility.NOTE:Ifyou cannotgettotheinstallationscreen,retryfromStep4,typePCIRootUID=1before hittingenter.Ifthatdoesn'tworkthentryPCIRootUID=1xorjustxwhichwill enterMacOSXSafeModeandwillallowyoutoproceed.Forsomegraphicscards, useGraphicsEnabler=Nobootflagtoproceed. 9. PartitionyourharddrivetoGUIDPartitionTable 10. FormatyourharddrivetoMacOSExtended(Journaled).NOTE:Thebootloader canonlybootfromadiskorpartitionof1TBorless.Partitionlargerdrives. 11. Forthepurposesofthisguide,nameitSnowLeopard.Youcanrenameitlater. 12. CloseDiskUtility 13. Whentheinstallerasksyouwheretoinstall,chooseSnowLeopard 14. ChooseCustomizeanduncheckadditionaloptions.Thiswillhastentheinstallprocess. Youcanalwaysinstallthisstufflater. 15. Restartcomputer.
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16. PlaceiBootbackindrive. 17. Whenyougettothebootselectionscreen,chooseyournewSnowLeopardinstallation.

UsingOpenCLand CUDA Manygraphicsandvideo professionalsprefer usingNVIDIAgraphics cards.OpenCL(OpenComputing Language)wasinitiallycreated... MultiBeast4.3Update TodayMultiBeastwas updatedtoversion4.3 forLion.We'veaddeda newComboOpenCL Enabler,whichwhencombinedwith Chimera...

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STEP3:UPDATETO10.6.8 IfyouhaveaSandyBridgesystem,pleasefollowthesespecializedinstructionstoupdateto 10.6.8. 1. OpenFinderandnavigatetoyourSnowLeoparddrive. 2. DownloadtheMacOSX10.6.8ComboUpdate 3. DownloadMultiBeast 4. OpenMultiBeastdon'trunityet,justleaveitopen.Setupwindowsasshown.


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5. MountMacOSXUpdCombo10.6.8.dmg 6. InstallMacOSXUpdCombo10.6.8.pkg 7. Uponcompletion,theinstallerwillaskyoutoreboot.DONOTREBOOT. 8. SwitchtothealreadyopenMultiBeast.Ifitcloses,justreopenit. STEP4:MULTIBEAST

MultiBeastisanallinonepostinstallationtooldesignedtoenablebootfromharddrive,and installsupportforAudio,Network,andGraphics.Itcontainstwodifferentcompletepost installationsolutions:EasyBeastandUserDSDT.InadditionitincludesSystemUtilitiesto rebuildcachesandrepairpermissionsandacollectionofdrivers,bootloaders,boottimeconfig filesandhandysoftware. Chooseoneofthefollowingoptionsdirectlyfollowingafreshinstallationandupdate: EasyBeastisaDSDTfreesolutionforanyCore/Core2/Coreisystem.Itinstallsallofthe essentialstoallowyoursystemtobootfromtheharddrive.Audio,GraphicsandNetworkwill havetobeenabledseparately. UserDSDTisabareminimumsolutionforthosewhohavetheirownpreeditedDSDT.Place yourDSDT.amlonthedesktopbeforeinstall.Audio,GraphicsandNetworkwillhavetobe enabledseparately.HINT:ChecktheDSDTDatabaseforapreeditedDSDT. 1. RunMultiBeast.
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2. IfyouhaveacustomDSDTthat'sbeenedited,placethefileonyourdesktopandchoose UserDSDT. 3. AllothersselectEasyBeast 4. SelectSystemUtilities. 5. Optionally,youmayinstallfurtherdriversviaAdvancedOptionstoenableethernet, sound,graphics,etc...Besuretoreadthedocumentationprovidedabouteach installationoption.NOTE:EasyBeast,andUserDSDTinstallthebootloaderbydefault, soyou'llnotneedtocheckthatoption.

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6. InstalltoSnowLeoparditshouldtakeabout4minutestorunscripts. 7. EjectiBoot. 8. RebootfromyournewSnowLeopardinstallationdrive.

Congratulations!You'redone!! YourPCisnowfullyoperational,whilerunningthelatestversionofMacOSXSnowLeopard! AndyouhaveaniceBootCDtogetintoyoursystemincasethingsgoawry.Bootyoursystem fromiBootifyouhaveissues.YoumayrunMultiBeastasoftenasyoulike. Ifyoucan'tboot,trytypingxatthebootprompttoentersafemode,orjustbootwithiBoot. Whenyougettothedesktop,youcanmakeallofthechangesyouneedto.Thebestwayto startfreshisdeletewhateveryou'retryingtogetridofincludingthewhole/Extrafolder,as mostkextsareinstalledthere.ThenyoucanrerunMultiBeast.Aslongasyourebuildcaches andrepairpermissionsafteryou'redone,youcandojustaboutanythingyouwantto /Extra/Extensionsand/System/Library/Extensions.Anythingcanbetweakedandenabledupon subsequentusesofMultiBeast. Ifyou'vehadsuccessusingiBoot+MultiBeast,consideracontributiontohelpkeepthesites going.We'reconstantlyupdatingandtweakingourtoolstohelpyou. Thanksinadvance! tonymacx86&MacMan

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ForourmostcurrentworkaroundsandsolutionsforissuessuchasUSBandaudio,checkout theMacOSX10.6.3Update,MacOSX10.6.4Update,MacOSX10.6.5Update,MacOSX 10.6.6Update,MacOSX10.6.7Update,andMacOSX10.6.8Updatearticles.Goodluck, andseeyouontheforum! RelatedPosts:DualBootWindows7andOSXSnowLeopard

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Anonymoussaid...
havemyCPUataround4GHz. TheboardisGigabyte,withnVidiagraphics.
April12,20109:27PM

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WouldthisbesafeifIinstalledOSXSLonacomputerwithCorei7860ifitisoverclocked?I

Anonymoussaid...
Niceworkman,thisisfantastic. A
April12,201011:07PM

yehia2amersaid...
hitony itestedyournewibootandMultiBeastbuttheyarenotworkingatall myspecare:corei7720QM,NvidiaGT230M,4GBRam

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Firstitriedtheibootnvidia,itloadsonlyusingCPUS=1,itriedbusratio=12butitgivesmeKP whenusingCPUS=1afterloadingnvenableritgivesmeKP Soiused"tonymacx86P55BootCD2xx.iso",itworksgood theninstalledSL,updatedto10.6.3,installedEasyBeastunsupportedandrestarted thenbootedwithchamelonCPUS=1,xanditloadsallthekextsandallgoesfine butitDON'TOPENANYGUI,itjuststopsandsnowleoparddon'topen sowhatistheproblemnow
April12,201011:44PM

Guy#1said...
HadsameprobasotherbootCDs.Installsfine,butwhentryingtoloadSnowLeoparddrive,the bootloaderstopsat"ERROR:UnabletofindSMBIOS!"ItdoesnotevengettoSL,juststopsin bootloader... (tryingonUSBIDEdriveandUSBFlashdrive) IinstalledSLafewmonthsagoonSATAexternalbyusinganotherMacBookbutIhaveno accesstoonenow.
April13,20102:22AM

drunkenbozosaid...
heytony. niceguide,howevercanIputbacktheRAMiveremovedtomakeit4GB?
April13,20103:16AM

Anonymoussaid...
seemstobeaproblemswiththepreboot.dmg.oniBoot.nomountablefilesystems
April13,20103:39AM

Anonymoussaid...
MaybealsoaddPS/2driversandNetkasAty_init.kextasoptional,becauseGTX2XXcardusing EFIstringssometimesfailstostart.
April13,20103:56AM

Hammersaid...
Willthisworkoni7900seriesprocessors.
April13,20107:38AM

Mattsaid...
GreatworkTony! Tofolkswhodon'thavethingsworking,trypostingontheforum. Yourbestbetistoresearchandpickcompatiblehardware,thentrytoinstallifyouhavethe option!
April13,20107:54AM

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Anonymoussaid...
HiTony, I"refreshed"myinstallon10.6.2bydeletingExtrafolderandrebuildingcache.ThenIuse GigaBeastandselectedP55AUD3P,mymotherboardfori5. Bootupismuchfasternow,however...stillnosound.ProfilershowsAudioIDas'888'withallthe jacksidentified.Insoundinputandoutputareblank. Cananyonehelp?:( thanksmikey
April13,20108:07AM

Anonymoussaid...
Hello,IamofArgentineanandmyEnglishisbad. Butthanks,thankyouverymuch
April13,20108:31AM

WEstorsaid...
IdidnotgetthatOSX10.6.2sleepandadequatelyworkedwithsoundonvanillakernel,even editingtheDSDT,althoughP55andNvidia.Ihaveadream,andIlovethissystem.Unfortunately, IhadcleanthediscfromtheMACOSandreturntoWindows.

Thankyou,Tony.Apparently,ApparentlyIhavenotbeenabletodigestallthematerialhereand goodtoputMAC.ItisdifficulttounderstandthetranslatedtextbyGoogle.I'lltryagain.Inthe nowimustpreparefortheexamsattheinstitute.Thankyou.Youreallyhelpedme. ButI'llbeback=DDD


April13,20109:38AM

Anonymoussaid...
WoulditbepossibletoincludeanoptiontoinstallmultibeastintheEFIpartitioninstead?
April13,20109:44AM

johntsaid...
Therefreshed15inchmacbookprowiththei5processorssupportsintegratedintelgraphics GMAHD.Doesthismeanthatstandardpcnotebookswithi5processorsandGMAHDwillwork (unlikewithGMAX4500).AretherekextsfortheGMAHDin10.3?(I'mnewthisusesorryifmy queryisabitbasic).
April13,201010:43AM

Anonymoussaid...
installisokbutmysoundisn'twork.mymoherboardGigabyteUD2
April13,20101:28PM

cr4nkysaid...
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HiTony!

tonymacx86 Blog: iBoot + MultiBeast: Install Mac OS X on any Intel-based PC

Thanksagainforthegreatwork!Ihadawellrunning10.6.3Systemandjustbackedupmyold kextsandtheextrafolder.ThenIinstalledthe10.6.3comboupdateagainandatlastIinstalled everythingwiththeMultiBeast.Nochangessofar,everythingisokayEXCEPTforAudio,which onlyworkswith10.6.2AppleHDA.kextinS/L/EandtheJMicronKextsdon'tseemtobringa changeforHDDs,soIwilldeletethem!IhavethesameMobolikeyouandthesameCPUi5750. Takecare! cr4nky


April13,20103:07PM

yehia2amersaid...
[b]finally[/b]iupdatedto10.6.3,afteralotoffails,ifinallygotittowork(butstillwithCPUS=1) andallthnxgoestoyouandthenewMacBookProkernel,itseemsthattheoriginal10.6.3kernel don'tmatchmylaptop whatido: 1)installedmacosxandupdatedtothelatest10.6.3 2)downloadedthemacbookproupdatefromherehttp://support.apple.com/kb/DL1026 3)whenitriedtoinstallthisupdateitgivesmeamessage AlertThissoftwareisnotsupportedonyoursystem 4)soiusedpacifisttoinstalltheupdate 5)usedyourMultiBeastandinstalledchameleonandfakesmc.kext,andfinallySL10.6.3working soitwillbegreattoaddthisnewkernelandmethod:) butnowwhatcanidotoovercomethe[b]CPUS=1[/b]problem,pleasereplay
April14,20102:37AM

Anonymoussaid...
Goodday!Inoticedthatthedownloaded(NVIDIA)iBoot/Extra/Preboot.dmgnotmountedinthe operatingsystem.Soitshouldbe? IapologizefortheEnglishlanguage.
April14,20106:15AM

Anonymoussaid...
iamabletobootfromnvidiabootcdbutlanguageselectionscreenblankwhenipresstheblank areainstallationstartthebarforpreparinginstallationisnotmovingputsomeminuteigot installationscreenpresscontinuelicensewritingcomeputthereisnowagreeordisagreeionly presslocationofagreeinstallationcontinue(iformatmydiskuseiaktosv7toguid) aftermorethantenminuteitshowdiskselectinipressthediskgreenarrowcomeaftermorethan 5minuteipressinstallinstallationstartittakearoundonehoursaidinprogressthat30miute balancesoicancelinstallationplasehelpiusemostiboot(gtx285+intel+x22+newnvidia+ universal)notboot hm55corei5430mnvidiagt330m
April14,20102:09PM

Patricksaid...
Tony,thanksforallthegreatwork.JustwantedtosayIusedthenewMultiBeastw/GigaBeast andthemethoddescribedinthisposttoapplythe10.6.3DeltaUpdatetoaworking10.6.2 systemandhadnoproblems.P55AUD3,i5750.Stillcan'tgetsleepworkingevenaftertheDSDT fixes,amgoingtotryspeedstepnext.

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April14,20103:28PM

Anonymoussaid...
Updateto10.6.3allOKexceptsound. ItriedtousetheMultiBeastwithAppleHDA10.6.2,butdidnotchangeanything. Ifoundthekexthere(http://www.kexts.com/view/265patched_applehda_10.6.2_kext.html)and installeditusingKextHelperandthenIgotsoundworking. GAP55MUD2,i7860
April14,20104:14PM

Anonymoussaid...
Tonygreatjob,reportmyexperience:ItriedusingthenewmethodiBoot+multibeastanddidnot work,followallrecommendationsmyhardwareisIntelmotherboardDP55WB+i5750+NVidia 6200GT.AppearssoonafterputtingtheMacOSXInstallDVDRetail. Usingtheoldmethodtonymacx86P55BootCD.isodescribedinthepreviouspostworksperfectly ... PSTokoBR
April14,20106:12PM

Johnsaid...
Iseethattheguiderecommendsinstallingthe10.6.3updatehastheaudioissuebeensolved? SpecificallyaudiofortheGAP55MUD2.
April14,20109:41PM

Danielsaid...
HeyIhaveaP55GD55,TheBiossettingsaabitdifferent,ItdoesnthavetheAHCI,settings yoursdoes,theonlyoptionthathasAHCIasasettingibelieveistheRaidsetting...Howdoiget aroundthis,I'mrunningThebiosversion1.3formyMobo
April14,201011:00PM

WEstorsaid...
HiTony!ThatIamagain.Icouldnotstopmyself=DDD InowhaveafullyworkingOS10.6.3. ThanksTony.Mysufferingswereover. Oops...Onequestion.IuseVooodoHDAandwhenIgooutofsleep,thesoundquieteruntilitdo notmakeadownandupagain.Why,andhowtofixit?Ofcoursethesearetrifles,butliketo know. Thankyou.
April15,20105:48AM

Anonymoussaid...
AnysuggestionsforaGAH55MS2Hmoboandani3540CPU? I'musinganeVGA8400GS,andNOTtheonchipGMA.

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I'malsousingahandbuiltDSDTwithdevicesandmethodsforthe8400GS(DSDT+nVEnabler 64)andtheALC888b(DSDT+hackedAppleHDA),andbotharepresentlyworkingthankstoan olderversionofMultiBeast.
April15,201011:59AM

Anonymoussaid...
ItriedthisonaIBM/LenovoThinkpadT60andwasabletogettotheMacOSXinstallation screenonce.IhadtostartoverduetosomeexistingLinuxpartitionsfromthepast.AfterI removedthemandrebootthisbootprocessitalwayshangs.I'vetriedthe"x"safemodemethod anditalsohangs.Anysuggestionsonwhattodonext?
April15,20105:15PM

samsaid...
HiTony Doesitworkfori5661CPUwithP55motherboard?Itried,butitshowwrongmessageofeBIOS error.Pleasegivemesuggestion. Thankyou
April16,201012:13AM

said...
iBootdoesn'tworkonEX58UD3R.Itgetstuckinthetextphaseafterdiskselection.endupusing Kakewalkwhichworkedgreat.MultiBeastworkedlikeacharm.
April16,20103:05AM

FernandoTeixeirasaid...
Tony, Afteracleaninstallfollingyourtutorial,iboot+multibeast,stillnosleepmode... WhenIputthemachinetosleepandpresspowerbutton,theCPUrestart. WhatcanIdo? Bytheway,Congrats!!! FernandoTeixeira P55MUD2,Corei7806,9600GT
April16,20107:20AM

Fernandosaid...
Tony, Afteracleaninstall,iboot+multibeast,stillnosleepmode.WhenIputmycomputertosleepand presspowerbuttontoreturn,theCPUrestart. WhatcanIdo? FernandoTeixeira 10.6.3,P55MUD2,Corei7860,9600GT,4GBkingston.
April16,20107:28AM

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I'musingawindowscomputerandIwanttodualbootwithmac.Doesthisincludesomekindof dualbootingsofware?
April16,201010:13AM

Anonymoussaid...
Hello,IhavebeencloselyfollowingyourBlogandIamabouttoattemptthisprocessonaAsus EssentioCG5275withaP7H55Mboard.Herearethespecs http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+ +Essentio+Desktop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i5+Processor/9699025.p ?id=1218152464094&skuId=9699025&st=asus%20essentio&cp=1&lp=2 ShouldIevenattemptthiswiththissystem?Anyadvicewouldbegreatlyappreciated!Thanks.
April16,201010:56AM

Anonymoussaid...
hi ItriedonaGigabyteP55AUD4withani7860,2*2DDR31333Corsairinslot1and3, XFXATI4890card,SonyarcSATADVDwriterandHitachisata2Tbharddisc,usbmouse,apple usbkeyboard Iusedtheibootativersionbutdonotevenarrivetoanymacosscreen,itfailswithsomekernel panicerrormessages. anyidea?
April16,20104:53PM

Anonymoussaid...
HiTony,Iappreciateyourhelp, IhaveaproblemwiththenewiBoot+MultiBeast: 10.6.3installwithoutproblems,buttheaudioiscutoffattimesandwhenIdotheaudioprocess generatessomenoise,IhaveamotherboardwithP55F6UD3R8i7ramanda860. Inmyold10.6.2installeverythingworkedperfect,theninstallanotherdiskwiththenewiBoot+ MultiBeastbutthistimeonlyuntil10.6.2updateandeverythingworksfinebuttheaudiois defective,thenreplacetheDSDTwithwhichMultibeast0.9.9butstillfails,Ithinkthereis somethinginthenewchangeinthenewMultiBeastfailingeither10.6.2or10.6.3appreciateany help
April16,20105:30PM

Anonymoussaid...
HiTony, ItestmanySnowLeopardInstall.YourteamIBootandMultiBeastworksbettermyP5KE MotherboardSnowLeopard10.6.3version. IHaveonlyoneproblem.P5KEADI1988bFixSoundCardkextnotwork. IInstallMultibeastwithoutDSTDbecauseinothaveworkDSTDP5KEmotherboard.Canyou helpme.HowicangetADI1998work. IInstallMultibeastoptionPatched10.3.0Kernel.

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MyCopumuterbootandstartfast.Goodjobyou.OnlySoundcardisproblemNow.
April17,201011:41AM

Chasesaid...
IhavetheGigabyteP55AUD7motherboardanditisn'tlistedingigabeast.AnychanceIcanget thefilesIneedtodothecustomDSTDmethodordoestheUD6oranyoftheotherswork. Thanksinadvance!
April17,20103:10PM

lovinxlostsaid...
greattutorial.onequestion,howcanfixthisproblem? ivedoneeverythinguptopart7(bootprocess). butthenalligetis'stillwaitingforrootdevice'. howdoigetpastthis cheers
April18,20104:23PM

Anonymoussaid...
willitworkwithIntelCentrinoProcessor
April18,20107:14PM

Jingusaid...
IhaveanAsusM60JlaptopCorei7720QM. iBootNvidiaandmultibeastmethodworkedperfect.Updatedto10.6.3withoutlosingtheUSB ports. However,I'munabletoinjectcputype.Itstillcomesupas1.6GHzUnkown. UsingSMcputype1793orcputype<0105>.Noeffect.Stillcomesupunkown.
April18,20107:51PM

LukeSsaid...
Iamabitconfused.TheDVDyoupurchasefromappleisOSX10.6.0no10.6.2correct?
April19,201012:04AM

Anonymoussaid...
TheiBoot(Nvidiaversion)doesn'tworkwiththeSamsungR480andItypeinthebusratio.Itjust rebootafterpatchingandthesolutionisusingtheP55motheboarddvdbutthenIkeepgetting installionfails....alittlehelp?
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IhavetriedtoinstallOSX10.5.2,10.5.6or10.6.2onaGigabyteGA73PVMS2HMotherboard andhavehadnojoy,IgothroughtheprocessesofinstallingOSXslikeformattingtheharddrive, installingOSXandwhenIrebootIgetagreyscreenwithansigninfrontoftheapplelogo. TheotherproblemIhaveiswhenIgointotheDiskUtilitiestoformattheharddriveIonlyseethe IDEdriveandnotthe2SATAdrives,andwhentryingtoinstallOSXIcanonlybootfromtheIDE DVDdriveandnottheSATADVDRWdrive. WhereamIgoingwrong?whatshouldIdotogetOSXrunningonmyPC,bythewayIamnew toallofthisanddon'tunderstandallofthegarganused. SystemInfo Motherboard: GigabyteGA73PVMS2HSystemTypeX86basedPC Processor: IntelCore2DuoE7400@2.80GHz,2800Mhz RAM4.00GB AudioPCICard: MAudioDelta66 TVPCICard: HauppaugeWinTVHVR1100CaptureDevice(DVBT) CD&DVDDrives: SONYDVDROMDDU1621ATADeviceIDE TSSTcorpCDDVDWSHS223QATADeviceSATA HardDrives: ModelST3320820AATADeviceIDE ModelSAMSUNGSP2504CATADeviceSATA ModelWDCWD1200JD00GBB0ATADeviceSATA OnboardGraphics: NVIDIAGeForce7100/NVIDIAnForce630i OnboardNetwork: AdapterTypeEthernet802.3 ProductTypeNVIDIAnForce10/100/1000MbpsEthernet Onboard: TexasInstrumentsOHCICompliantIEEE1394HostController StandardEnhancedPCItoUSBHostController StandardOpenHCDUSBHostController Printers: EPSONStylusDX3800Series HPLaserJet1200 Lenny
April21,201011:21AM

Anonymoussaid...
ihavefollowedtheguideatmiamatthestepwhereiaminstallingthe10.6.3update..iwantto askwhatsthemommenttoinstalltheramandtheotherpcperipheralsiremoved

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Anonymoussaid...
HiTony, IaminterestedininstallingonaCorei3330MThinkpadEdge,whichusestheintegratedgraphics builtintothei3package.Doyouthinkthisisfeasible?Iheardintegratedgraphicsisabig problem. Thanks. Mu
April21,20102:35PM

ClaudioCsaid...
Hello,IamnotanexpertandIreallywishtodothis..socanyoupleasetellmeifitwillrunwell onmypc..specesareCore2QuadQ9300,NvidiaGefore8600GT1GB,2GBmemory? Thanks!:)..andoh..whatarethepossibilitiesthatmysystemwouldnotworkafterdoingthe stepsabove?
April21,20103:58PM

Selwynsaid...
ThxMan! Worksgreatoni7920(OCto3,8Ghz)AsusP6TWSProfessionalandATIRadeonHD4890! Tookabout45minutestoinstallandnoproblemsatall! THXTHXTHX
April22,20108:27AM

elbando1erosaid...
SoIamtryingtodothisonaninteli5chipwithanevgap55sliboard,andi'mwonderingifmaybe myboardsimplyisn'tcompatiblewithiBoot,orifthatactuallymattersatthispoint(Ireallyhave noideawhati'mdoing) IdidsettheAHCIandthebootpriority,butthebloodymachinerefusestoseetheiBootdisci createdtobootoffofwhichleadsmetowonderYou[TMx86]said"BurntheimagetoCD"andI amwonderingdidyoumeanishouldburnthedownloadedzipfile,theexpandediso,thelittledrive iconitcreatedonmydesktop,orthecontents(Extra,usr).ItisasimpletonsmistakeIknow,but IfiguredimightaswellaskjusttomakesureIburnedtherightone(Iburnedtheiso)ortofind outifididn't. Also,Inoticedthedsdtcorrespondingtomyboardisn'tonyourlist,andiwaswonderingifthere isaprogramicanuseineitherWindows7orUbuntu'sKarmicKoalatoextractitmyselfsoican makemyowncustombootcdfortheoldsetofinstructions. Anywaythanksforallyou'redoing!HahaimeanIhaven'tgottenthehangofthisyetobviouslybut i'mgladsomeoneoutthereisdoingitright!
April22,201011:54AM

Jinsaid...
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theparts(UD2,i5750,4GBXMS3,WDBlue500GB,eVGA9500GT1GBdualDVI,CoolerMaster 460WPSU,LiteOnDVDRW,MacBoxSetFamily),Iamupandrunningon10.6.2fornow(went thesafe,stablerouteforthefirsttry).Thatwasearlythismorning,andhadtoleaveforwork,but sofareverythingseemstoworkoutofthebox(afterMultiBeastofcourse).HadabadeVGA 9800GTX+withorangebootscreen,freakedmeoutforabitbutwasabadcardandgotanew 9500GTinstead.
April22,201012:10PM

VectorZsaid...
ThanksforyourgreatworkTony!AsacontinuingsupporteranduserofyourMultibeastIwas wonderingifyoucouldstartincludingversionnumbersinthemultibeastdescriptionorfilenameso thatIknowIamuptodate.YouRock!
April22,20105:36PM

Anonymoussaid...
HiTony, IhaveanewHPdv7runningwin7ultimateandwouldliketosetupadualboot.CaniuseiBoot andMultibeast?
April23,201012:52AM

Eugenesaid...
Helloeveryonei'mfromRussiaandiwouldliketoknowifmymachinecanworkproperlywiththis config:IntelCorei7860AsusP755dmotherboard,2x2gbsamsung1333ram,IDEPioneerDVD. 4satadrives.Mypriorityismusicmakingandiamalsointerestedifmysoundcards(Maudio Delta66orMaudiofirewireAudiofilecanworkon10.6.3.Pleasehelpmewithbuildingmyfirst hackintosh,causeAppleproductsinRussiaareVERYprecious.Simplemacbookcosts2500$ !!!!
April23,20107:22AM

Anonymoussaid...
canabovetechniquebeusedwithlinuxKVM?
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itrytobootbutiget EBIOSreaderror:error0x09 Block0x1ee0f8sectors0 watgoingon
April23,201011:35PM

ElvIsAlivesaid...
line17abitofacatch22 Justcontinuewiththeguide.Ifyoucan'tcontinue,reboot,erasethedrive,andtrytheinstall again.

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sodoyougetthiserroreverytimeandcontinuewiththeguideWHATSTHATMEAN ICANREBOOTANDTHATSITWHATDOYOUMEANBYCONTINUEWITHTHEGUIDE ORAREYOUSAYINGIFtheERRORhappens ,THENREINSTALLOSX

anyHELPYOUCANCLARIFYTHECORRECTMeaningplease. whatdoyoumeanbycontinuetheguideaassumeusetheresetbuttontoreboot.itwouldnot letmeoutoftheinstall(isthatwatyameanbycontinueoutoftheinstallprocess)veryvery confusinghey veryconfusedabouttheabovemeaning ihaveaGigabyteGAP55aUD4pmotherboard ainteli5650cpu3.2ghzcpu whatoptionsdoichooseinmultibeast dosupportmycpuandmotherboardsound ihavetotypebusratio=24everybootintoosx10snowleopard icannotgetsoundworking? tryeddeleteingeverythingintheextrafolderandselecting gigabeastwithmyGAP55aUD4pbutdoineedaDSDTFILE??? THEFILE"tonymacx86DSDTFIXES"DOILOADTHATONTHEDESKTOPORPUTWHERE TOUSEITDOIUSEITMORECONFUSED GEETONYMACIFYACOULDHELPIBEAVERYHAPPYPERSON ALSOGETTINGAAUDI0DRIVERSformyAsusxonaressensepciecardwouldbenice.how doiloadthecmedia8799driverithinkitistomycard. Regards ElvIsAlive psbeagreatideanexttoaddabootmangerwhichcanhackthebiosbacktoideonbootfor windowsxp. hereswhatprofilersaysaboutaudiocard IntelHighDefinitionAudio: DeviceID:0x1458A102 AudioID:885 AvailableDevices: S/PDIFOut: Connection:Internal LineOut: Connection:1/8InchJack ExternalMicrophone: Connection:1/8InchJack ExternalMicrophone: Connection:1/8InchJack Headphone: Connection:1/8InchJack S/PDIFOut: Connection:Combo S/PDIFIn:

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Connection:Combo alsohowdoienablespdifdigitaloutput?
April24,201011:40AM

Anonymoussaid...
IhaveanoldcomputerthatIwouldliketomessaroundwith...ItactuallyhasWindows7ultimate onitnow..butIwaswonderingifthisibootwouldworkforitconsideringitsageandprocessor becauseIrealizeeveryoneelseinthisforumhasanewCOREprocessor??????
April24,201012:29PM

Anonymoussaid...
Afterinstallationcanyouplacebacktheextraram?Ihave8gigsandwanttobeabletouseall thatIpaidfor?
April24,20103:47PM

Anonymoussaid...
Thanksalottony,butI'mhavingissuesw/MultibeastandmynewGigabytep55mgd41Itwasa frysfeaturedcombothisweekandkexts/multibeastsettingswouldbenice.Ididn'tknowwhich onestoisntall.:(
April25,20103:53AM

Gretzkysaid...
yeah,workedformelikeacharm MSIP55CD53withi5750andGF9800GT
April25,20105:41AM

sangeeth1991said...
idonthaveaATIorNvidiaGraphicCard whatkindofibootidownloadibootATioribootNvidia??
April25,20101:06PM

Anonymoussaid...
Worksgreat!thankyoutony!:)
April25,20101:55PM

Anonymoussaid...
HiGuys, Whatwhatcomponentswouldbebesttobuyforasystemtobebuiltforthispurpose? SofarIgotthese CPU:corei5750 Mainboard:GAP55MUD4(cheapestboardwithALC889a) GraphicsCard:???NVidia9800??? HardDrive:any

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Wouldsuchaconfigurationbecompatible?Ifnot,whichcomponentsshouldIprefer? Thankyou...
April25,20103:40PM

LachlanRoysaid...
Hey,thanksfortheawesomeguide!I'mkindastuckatthemoment,though. I'vegottheSnowLeopardinstallationonaUSBstick,whichiBootseesfine.ButwhenIselect theinstallermymonitorlosestheinput,mygraphicscard'sfangoesfullboreandthesystem locksup(andturnsoffinstantlywhenIpressthepowerbutton,suggestingthatit'snotgoing anywhereneartheSnowLeopardinstallation).I'vealsotriedstartingupinsafemode,ANDI've trieditwithaLeoparddisk(whichIwasn'tparticularlyexpectingtoworkbutthoughtwaswortha tryanyway)withnoluck. Herearethespecsofmysystem: Motherboard:eVGAP55LE CPU:IntelCorei5750 GFX:XFX5850(Vanilla) Thelossofinputautomaticallymademeassumethatitwasthe5850,butthefactthatthe systembecomescompletelybraindeadmakesmethinkit'ssomethingelse...themotherboard, I'massuming. Anyideasastohowtogetitworking?Isthisafairlycommonproblem? Thanksinadvance, Lachlan
April25,201010:30PM

TreatLightlysaid...
HeyTony, ThanksforthissweetguideIthinkit'sthemostuserfriendlyguideI'vecomeacrosssofar. SadlyI'vegivenupIhadnoluckaftertwosoliddaysoftryingtoinstallSLonanASUSN61JQ (HM55chipset,ATI5730vid),soI'mgivingitarest. IfanyoneknowsofsupportforthiswickedlaptopdoletmeknowuntilthenIsimplydon'thave theknowhow!
April27,20102:09AM

Anonymoussaid...
HiTony, Multibeastdoesn'tseemtopermitmetoprovidetheDarwinkernelparametersanywhere. Wheretospecifythese? Thanks.
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HeyTony,

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Easiestguideever,worksperfectwithretaildvdandcombo10.6.3update.Didtheinstall,first timewhichworkedprettyokthenImesseditupanddidanotherinstall(laterrealisedIdidnot needtoreinstall).MoboisASUSP5NEMHDMIwithinbuiltgraphicsNvidiaGeForce 7100/nForce630i,2GBcorsairRAM,intelQ6600quadcore@2.4ghz. Issuesarethebuiltinnvidiadoesnotgivemorethan1024x768resolutionandIcouldnotfixit, needlesstosaydidnothaveQEsoIboughta$30Nvidia512MB8400GSDDR2cardandused thenvenablerandvoila!fullQE/CIworking! SoundusesvoodooHDA,lanwasworkingandtobehonestIdontknowifitwasduetoeasy beastorOOBasIraneasybeastbeforeItriedthelan.Bootloaderischameleonoption,also workswiththeiHackversion.TheonlyotherthingIchangedwasinthebiosACHI. IhaveadualbootwithWin7(GUIDpatition)onaseparatedrive,alsohaveubuntu(GUID partition)onthesamedriveasWin7butstrangelyitsnotpickedupbychameleonsowilltry anotherbootloader(IalsotriedwithMBRpartitionbutwasntpickedupeither),butI'mhappyall thesame. Ohyeah,thepower,shutdown,restartallwork,alsothemultimediakeysonmykeyboardall work.IthinktheonlythingI'mmissingisawebcamwhichIdontseetheneedforsowontbuy one. Anyonewiththismotherboardalsohadsuccess? Tonyyouaretheman!
April28,20109:23PM

Anonymoussaid...
Hi, MyproblemisthatthebiosfindsnodiskorCDROMwhileconnectedtotheblueportsonmy gigabyteP55UD4underAHCImode. Itonlyworkswiththewhiteports.MightthatbetheproblemwhyIcan'tevengettotheinstaller? I'vetried: USBmethod OSInstall.mpkgMethod(installedunder10.5.6onothercomputer) Oldbootcdmethod iBoot x Nothingworks! DependingonwhichmethodIuseitfreezesondifferentlocations: ACPI(timedout) RealtekEthernet VoodooHDADevice HowdoIevengetmyblueportstoruninAHCImode? I'vegotP55UD4withBiosF7,i7860,Sapphire48701GB,4GBRam.
April29,20104:17AM

Anonymoussaid...
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IhaveaAsusUL20awithIntelGMA4500MHDgraphics...Isitstillpossibletofallowyour procedurewithnvideaorATIboot?thanks
April29,20106:28AM

Anonymoussaid...
Hi, MyproblemisthatthebiosfindsnodiskorCDROMwhileconnectedtotheblueportsonmy gigabyteP55UD4underAHCImode. Itonlyworkswiththewhiteports.MightthatbetheproblemwhyIcan'tevengettotheinstaller? I'vetried: USBmethod OSInstall.mpkgMethod(installedunder10.5.6onothercomputer) Oldbootcdmethod iBoot x Nothingworks! DependingonwhichmethodIuseitfreezesondifferentlocations: ACPI(timedout) RealtekEthernet VoodooHDADevice HowdoIevengetmyblueportstoruninAHCImode? I'vegotP55UD4withBiosF7,i7860,Sapphire48701GB,4GBRam.
April29,20107:13AM

MDNZsaid...
LachlanRoy TheATIHD5xxxseriesaren'tsupportedatallbySnowleopard.YouhavetowaituntilApple givesofficalsupportforthesecardsI'mafraid.
April29,201012:45PM

Anonymoussaid...
ThankYou worksperfectly P5E3Deluxe Core2duoE8200 Nvidia8800GT justaddKextVoodooHDAforaudio VeryGoodguide
April29,20104:46PM

wariowssaid...

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WhyEasyBeastinstallallon32bitmode?Imanagedaninstallationwithiboot+multibeastonmy core2quad,anditdetectsa32bitprocessorinsteadofthe64bitreal.Ihaveaninstallationof MacOSXonthesamepcwithRebelEFIanditdetectsandcanrunall64bitprograms... Ontheinstallationwithiboot+multibeast,iwasunabletoruneclipse64bitcocoabecausethe java(andallotherprograms)is32bit... Isthereanyworkaroundforthis? Thanks Mario
April30,20108:49PM

Anonymoussaid...
Hello, YesterdayIboughtSnowLeopard10.6.3dvdtotesthowitwillrunonmycomputer.Ifollowedthe stepsoutlinedinthisarticleandmyDellInspiron1720nowrunsaLEGALcopyofSnowLeopard likecrazy.Wirelesscard,Nvidia8400startedoutofthebox.OpenGLrunsinfullpower.the soundIfixedwiththehelpofVodooaudiodriverfoundinMultiBeast(worksinputandoutput!),the ethernetwithAppleBCM440XEthernet.kext.pkg.Theonlythingisntworkingisshutdown(the systemitselfshutsdownbutdoesntturnoffpower,butImnotsolazytopushpowerbutton) TheonlyharwarethatisNOTworkingisthetrackpadandthemouseofmyDell.Ivetriedseveral driversof10.5versionbutnoneofthemworkingforthedell.AnywayIthankyouforthissimple guide.
May1,20101:27PM

MILITARYsaid...
can'tboot.bluescreen.onlyonsafemodehelp
May1,20102:07PM

Anonymoussaid...
HeyTonyMacIwaswanderingifyoucouldhelpme I'vecompletedyouroldinstallationfori5/i7slandImrunningitcleanly Myonlyproblemisnoneoftheaudiofixeswork.I'vebeentryingforweekswithallsortsofHDA kextsbutIstillgetnoaudio ShouldIstartcleanandusethismethod? Andifyoudontknowwhatinstallationimtalkingabout,lookupGman027onyoutubebecauseI haveaguideforthem
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Anonymoussaid...
IwasabletouseiBoottoinstallandgetintoSnowLeopardwithnohassleatall.Myonlyregretis toseethatMultiBeastdoesn'ttakeadvantageoftheEFIpartition.Thiswouldalleviatetheissues ofsoftwareupdates.Myotherboxwasallmanualinstallusingmunky'smethodandstillupdates directfromsoftwareupdate.Anychanceofhostingallthekextsetcseparatelyforthepeople settingupEFIpartitions?
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Tonysaid...
HiTony Muchthanksforthisgreatsite! WellmyoldworkingOSXdiedtriedtousetheDSDTformyboard(DP55WB)becauseusb transferwasslow. IfinallygotaworkingOSXbutthroughthroughbootingusingthetonymacx86P55BootCDIntel CD.Thechameleonbootontheharddiskkeepsgivingloopswhenafteritsaysstartingdarwin. Anyideas? Muchthanksinadvance.:)
May2,201011:50AM

Anonymoussaid...
HiTony Thanksforthegreatsite! IhaveabootingproblemIcan'tseemtogetaround.Itriedseveraloptionsusinginmultibeastbut doesn'twork.IcanboottomyOSXusingtheCDtonymacx86P55BootCDIntelbutcannoton theharddrive.IhavetheIntelDP55WBboard. Itkeepsrebootingafteritstaysstartingdarwin. Anyideas?Otherwiseeverythingisworkinggreat. Muchthanksinadvance:) Tony(also)
May2,201011:56AM

Alibabasaid...
YouguysaretryingSnowLeoonverycomplicated computers,eg.Asusandalikespecificboardswith thisandthathardware.OfcourseLeowillhardly workonthesecomplicatedconfigurations,andoften willNOTworkatall.YoubettertryLeoonsimplepc, like2yearoldnotebookswithpopularhardware. Gotoapple.comandstudythehardwarethatApple computersareusing.Thenlookforcomputersthat havesimilarornearlysimilarhardwareconfiguration andinstallonthemyourLeos.Thiswayyou'llsave daysandnightsspentonfixingyourkexts...
May2,20105:32PM

Anonymoussaid...
heytony, iinstalledmacOSXLPv10.6everythingworkbuticannotconnecttointernet.canyouguideme howtoconfigurewireconnection. thanks
May2,20107:21PM

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IhaveaGIGABYTEmotherboardh57usb3.0withinteli3530. Idownloadediboot(nvidia)(Idonthavenvidiacardonmymachine,thegraphicsisonintel processoritself).Bootcdlaunchedproperlyandselectedmacosxsnowleopard.Thenafter coupleoflinesoftextmysystemjustrestarted. Anysuggestions? Thanks


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Anonymoussaid...
hasntanyoneralizedpostingisuselessastonywontanswer??btwgreattutorialbutjeez,leave himaloneandfindasourcelikeinsanelymacorsimilar:D thxforthis,workinggreatoni7notebook(writtingthisfrommac:D) HaveFun!!
May3,20104:28PM

tonymacx86said...
@Anonymous Thanksforthatpost! Justaremindertoallifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthisguide,registerattheforum,andopen upasupportthread.Butbesuretosearchfirstalotoftheabovequestionshavealreadybeen answered. FORUM:http://www.tonymacx86.com
May3,201011:04PM

Anonymoussaid...
Postintheforums.I'veseengoodsupportthere.
May3,201011:04PM

Anonymoussaid...
ThiswasdefinitelytheeasiestinstallofSLIfoundaftertryingseveralguides.Thankssomuch! Everythingisworkinglikeacharmexceptpoweringoff,butIcanflipaswitchquiteeasily.
May5,20101:17AM

Anonymoussaid...
Pleasewhatiswrongwithmysetup.Ihave GAP55mUD2motherboard 4MBram,3,2Ghzi5CPU4mbcache. 500GBHD GIGABYTEGTS250GraphicsCard1GBRam MacOSwon'tinstall!Itrestartsduringsetup.Itloadsfilesforabouteaminuteandthenrestarts.I

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havetriedeverythinginthisguide.BIOSsetupandsafemodeinstallationwithouteanysucess. Ihavetriedseveraldiffrentbootloaders,intallfromusborinstallfromCD.Butitrestartsatthe samepoint. Firstithoughtitwasmygrapichscard,soihavetriedwithaSapphireATIradeon.Butwiththe sameresult. Pleasehelp! Lisa
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Anonymoussaid...
StillnoloveforRadeonHD46501gigmobility,....damnnnn!!!
May5,20103:38PM

Anonymoussaid...
Ihavediscoveredsomeadditionalinfotomyproblem. AftertheinstallloadsUHCIandEHCIcontrollersigetamessage"NoDSDTreplacementfound" itthenshows"StartingdarwinX86"andresets! //LISA
May6,20103:15AM

Alibabasaid...
HeyLisa, lookinbiossettingsandtrytodisabledualcpuenableonecorecpu,disablespeedsteppingetc. removeanyexternalusbthings,exceptmouse.Tryitagain.ButIguessyourcomputer configurationistoocomplicated.Sorrytosaythat,butImyselflearnedhardway...
May6,20108:20AM

Anonymoussaid...
Ifinnalysolvedmyproblem.Ifoundoutthatihadtospecifytheprocessorspeedwiththe "busratio=##"command!! //Lisa
May6,20109:16AM

Cristianosaid...
I'mhavingaproblemafterthestep2.7,amessage"Stillwaitingforrootdevice"showmanytimes andtheinstallationdon'tstart.
May6,201011:09AM

Taylorsaid...
Thanksfortheguide!Ifollowedthestepsperfectly,butinstalledittoanexternalUSBharddrive. Itallwentasplanned,butIcan'tgetiBoottoseemyexternalHDDtobootintoSnowLeopard.I didthissoIcouldtryitbeforeinstallingittomymainharddrive.Doessomeoneknowhowto continue?Thanks!
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iamtryingtoinstallMACSnowleopardinmyDellXPS13.Iamusingsata320gb,4GBDDR2 ram,512MBNvidiaGraphicscard,IntelCore2duoprocessor.theibootworks,wheniinsertmy SLDVDitmovestillthelanguageselectionscreen.Afterthatmymouseandkeyboarddoesn't work.Amunabletoselectanythingihangsforever.Iwaitedmorethananhour.Butofnouse.I triedbusratio=12and23.Stillnouse???anybodyhelp!!!anysuggestion.???thanks..
May8,20102:47PM

Grizzsaid...
IhavethefollowinglaptopandwouldliketoatsometimehaveaDUALBOOTWindows7 Professional(currentlyonthemachine)andOSX10.6(SnowLeopard).Herearethespecsfor mymachine(IpurchasedinMarch2010).Isthispossible?How? TOSHIBAA505S6015 Platform:IntelCalpella Mainboard:TOSHIBAPortablePC Chipset:IntelHM55 Processor:IntelCorei5430M@1200MHz PhysicalMemory:4096MB(2x2048DDR3SDRAM) VideoCard:Intel(R)GraphicsMediaAcceleratorHD HardDisk:Hitachi(500GB) DVDRomDrive:HLDTSTDVDRAMGT20F MonitorType:SAMSUNG16inches NetworkCard:RTL8101PCIeFastEthernetAdapter NetworkCard:RTL8191SEWirelessLAN802.11nPCIeNIC OperatingSystem:Windows7ProfessionalProfessional6.01.7600(x64) DirectX:Version11.00 WindowsPerformanceIndex:4.6 HDAudioInformation: Version:1.0 OutputStream:4 InputStream:4 BidirectionnalStream:No 64bitsupport:Yes Mode:HighDefinitionAudio(HDA) Manufacturer:Realtek Model:ALC272 CodecRevision:1.000

Anotherquestion:theinstallbyusingiBoot+MultiBeast,andIcanfindthedownloadforthe MultiBeastbutwheredoIdownloadtheiBoot??AstheVideocardinmylaptopasyoucansee isanINTELBasedcard,notNVIDIAorATI.

ThankYou, Grizz
May8,201011:18PM

Anonymoussaid...
Greatguide.ButWhenshouldIbeabletoexpandthememorytomorethan4gbwithoutgetting kernelpanic?
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Anonymoussaid...
HeyTony, Isitpossibletoputannvidiacardinthefirstslotthatwillrun,andthenmyati5850intheother pcislot,andthenrunthesystemoffofthenvidiacard? Thanks, Phrzn
May9,20109:19PM

heyydersaid...
whichversionofibootdoidownload?idon'thaveeitheratiornvidia.mylaptop(sonyvaio vpceb11fm)hasanintegratedintelgraphicscard.
May9,201011:48PM

Anonymoussaid...
hiall, IhaveaASROCKH55,4GBandCorei3540 Ihavetoquestions: 1.Ihavea5770Radeon,thisonedoesntrunIknow,atmIrunOSXthroughtheonboardIntelHD graphic.MyProblemisthatthe5770runsthefanonfullspeed!thatiscray.Isthereawayto managethefan?!:) 2.IwanttobuildanewHackmac.withtheGigabyteBoardyoutookTonyx86,myquestionis: CanItake2x4GB(8GBtotal)?AnddoIneedtoinstallSLin64bitforthat?Whatistodo?! Whatstherightway? thx
May10,20106:32AM

nano287said...
MyRig MSIP55CD53 Inteli5750 OCZRamDDR31666mhz HISRadeonHD46701GBDDR3 Aftertheinstallationwasfinishediwasntabletologintothesystem.butirestartedandiwent intosafemodeandthisishowiamtypyinginthispost.Iamdownloadingupdateandhopefully thatwillwork. Ifanyonehasthisproblem,helpmeoutPLZ
May10,201010:50AM

heyydersaid...
hi.ialsohavethesamequestionasgrizz.ihaveanintegratedintelgraphicscard.whichversion ofibootshouldiuse?
May10,201010:54AM

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khuongsaid...
Igoteverythingupandrunning...howevericannotinstallthebootloader/chameleon..iamforced tousethebootcdtobootintomacosx:/anywaytofixthis?(i'vetriedmultibeastwithalloptions possibleandcannotgetbootloadertowork)
May11,20104:07PM

Anonymoussaid...
Hitony,IhaveaproblemonmyGAP55UD3Corei5750ati46501GB4GBramHd1500GBWD blackHD2Segate320GB afterinstallationof10.6.0Iinstallcombo10.6.3(1.1) atthispointbeforerebootIrunmultibeastandinstallagigabeastforud3withsystemutilitiesand osx86software,smbios.plistimac11.1corei5andapplebootscreen64bit....butaudiodon'twork Ireinstalvodoohda0.2.1butdon'twork whatcanIdo? Ihaveakextforati4650cardthatworkfinewith10.6.3...ifyouwantIUploadthemforanew versionofmultibeast. Fotomodello
May12,20107:18AM

Grizzsaid...
ApparentlyTonyisnolongermonitoringorrespondingtheseposts.Ihavenoticedhisabsence fromthisforum/blogforquitesometime.ThereareanumberofunansweredpostsherenowI guesshehasmovedontobiggerandbetterprojects.
May12,20103:03PM

tonymacx86said...
@Grizz Thanksfortheresponsesandeveryone'sinterest!I'vecertainlyNOTmovedonfromthescene! Justbeendoingalotofotherprojectssince10.6.3cameout.Tryingtomakeeverythingmore compatible,andeasy. Ihavedecidedtomaketheseblogcommentsjustthatcomments,notaquestion/answerarea. Sincetheforumopened,Ihaven'tbeenrespondingtodirectquestionshere,buthavebeen impressedwiththesupportthatusersaregivingintheforum. TOALL:Please,ifyou'dlikehelponusingthismethodpostintheforumit'smucheasierto communicate! FORUM:http://www.tonymacx86.com Thankyoutoeveryoneforthekindwords,andgoodluck! tonymacx86
May12,20103:22PM

Grizzsaid...
Tony,

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Thankyouforyourpost.IapologizeifIoffendedbypostingthecomment. Ihavepostedmyquestionstotheforumsasyouhaverequested. ThankYou, Grizz
May12,20104:17PM

tonymacx86said...
@Grizz NoproblemwhatsoeverIhopeyoufindthehelpyou'relookingfor!:)
May12,20105:49PM

Anonymoussaid...
Hello:)thisistheonlymethodthatworkedformeDG31PR,InelDualCoreE2200,2GBRam, Nvidia8500GT. Ijusthaveonequestion,isitpossibletofindoutthepatchesthatiBootloadedsoicanloadthe samepatcheswithmbeast? Rightnoweverythingisworking,Nvidia,Sound,Internetz,idon'twanttoloseitbecausei'mnot surewhati'mdoing:) Anyhelpappreciated^^
May12,201010:46PM

OlegKozynenkosaid...
Hiall,IgettheEbiosreaderror:DevicetimeoutwhenIejectibootandputinleoparddvd.Any suggetions?Thanks
May13,20108:25AM

Nicksaid...
HelloTony, Thanksforthisamazingpost. Icanboottotheinstallationscreenbutassoonasireachthere,iclicknextonthewelcome screenanditsays'MACOSXcan'tbeinstalledonthiscomputer.Ifyouwanttorestoreyour systemfromaTimeMachinebackup,ClickRestoreorRestart'. Whatdoidointhissituation?? Ihavea GigabyteP55US3LMotherboard Corei5750 nVidiaGeForceGT220 Ichangedthebiossettingsjustasyouhaveshowninthescreenshotsabove. Anyhelpwillbeappreciated:) Thanks, Nick
May14,201012:15PM

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whattodoifIhave8gbofram?canIinstalltheover4gigaafterinstallation?CanIhaveboth WinandMaconsamehdd? thx
May14,20107:11PM

Anonymoussaid...
WillthisworkifIdon'thaveeitherannVidiaorATIgraphicscard?I'musingthebuiltinIntel graphicscardonmyIntelmobo.
May14,201010:27PM

Anonymoussaid...
GreatWork!!Iwouldliketoseethemultibeast/multibootforAsusP5KCMB..NvidiaGT220..
May15,201011:21AM

Abhiseksaid...
GreatWork!!JustwannaknowcanFCPandothermacapplicationsbeinstalledinthishack mac.Thanks.
May16,20105:26AM

Anonymoussaid...
willthisworkusingamacosx10.6.3retaildvd?itstheonlyoneivgot
May16,20107:53AM

Gaborsaid...
Hi,caniinstallwiththismethodOsxonavirtualmachinewithvirtualbox?orvmware?
May16,20102:09PM

Anonymoussaid...
igetEBIOSreaderrorwhenstartingDVDinstalldisk.
May17,20104:09PM

MarcusMaiasaid...
Hi,iuseiBootandOSX10.6.3RetailDVD.Inthesetupinstalationthesystemdetectallmy hardware,MBIntelDP43TF,4GBDDR2andnVidiagForce7900GT256MB.Firstboot,onthe systemregistrationandaccountcreation,forthefirsttimeIwatchedtheOSXintrowithsound, networkconectiontoo.AndfinallycametheSLwitheverythingworking,includingnVidia acceleratedandfullresolutionofmySamsungmonitorXL2370FullHD1080p.Adreamnever seemonmyHackintosh.NowIcannotinstallabootloadersothatSLstickwiththeoriginal kexts.So,I'mbootingwiththeiBootCD(OSXandWindows7onthesamedisk)andallworks fine,butIwantthisbootonmyHardDisk(rdisk0s3).Itrytouse"fdisku/dev/rdisk0s3"butno success.Sombodycanhelpme?
May18,20108:10AM

Anonymoussaid...
Heyagain.

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OkigotanotherORIGINALDVDandiinstalleditbutWHILEinstallationitwasLAGGINGand AFTERinstallationitwasLAGGINGagain. Woulditbecozofthegraphicscard? GeForceGT220 Regards, Nick
May18,20108:25AM

Anonymoussaid...
Hieveryone, IhaveMSIP55GD65withInteli5750andItriedinstallOSxbythisguide,butafterinstall MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.3.pkgandrebootIcan'tusemouse(USB)onlykeyboard(PS2).Couldyou someonehelpme,please. THXJosef
May18,20109:17AM

Anonymoussaid...
installmultibeatadditionalUSBFamily,soyourUSBmousewillwork
May18,20104:31PM

billybobjoesaid...
worksperfectlyonpentium31ghzatiradeon9700prodvddrive1gbram! thx!
May18,20106:52PM

Anonymoussaid...
hiiii itsniceworkingtool.mysnowleopard10.6.3itsworkingfine.nvida7300se&vooodosound workingfine.thankslot..
May18,201011:31PM

Ionsaid...
Hey, IsuccessfulyinstalledSLonmyi5750withGTX295.Theproblemisthatthesnowleopard effects(drag/minimize/maximize,etc)arenotsmoothatallwhenI'mrunninganyaplication. Anyhelp?:(
May19,201012:26PM

Heinesaid...
Thankssomuch!IgotOSXrunningonmyinteli5systemanditworkslikeacharm.Suchan easywayofinstallingOSX!
May19,20103:43PM

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Anonymoussaid...
Hey,Tony

DoesthisguideonlyworkonGigabytemobo's.Sincei'vebeentryingtochangemyBIOSsettings andIchangedthemtoSatacontrollertoACHIandibootwiththecdandmycomputerjust restarts.ThenIthinkit'hassomethingtodowithHPETsettingsbutican'tfindthatsettinglisted anywhereinmyBIOS


May19,201010:56PM

stonesaid...
justgotthisupandrunningonmynewbox. specs: gigabytep55ud3 intelcorei78602.80ghtz 4gbram two500gighdds 22xdvdburner nvidiagtx9500+1mbvideo[twodviouts] 500wattpowersupply antec300case twodell22"lcds
May20,20101:40AM

AgentXsaid...
IhaveanDellOptiplexGX620 CanIinstallMACOSX10.6.3???
May21,20103:04AM

Anonymoussaid...
Hi Icannotinstallunlessiusecpus=1busratio=17.Isthatcorrect?shouldIdothis? thanks, oto
May21,20109:35AM

cheesyrulersaid...
doesyourmotherboardhavetohaveHPETcapability
May21,201010:17AM

Anonymoussaid...
Myhpbioscannotbeconfigured...:(whatshouldido? hpdv62130ejcorei5

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May21,201011:58AM

Anonymoussaid...
IwasabletoinstallSnow10.6onmyGAP55MUD4butwhenIgotoapplythe10.6.3Combo UpdateIgetanerrorsayingthatmyHDDdoesnotmeettherequirementsfortheupdate.Any ideas?
May21,20102:46PM

Anonymoussaid...
ihaveaGSp55aud4pthateverytimeidoxitwillrebootandtypeinbusratio=20xthenitwill bootintothecdthendothepartionsetupitwillnotbootfroma1tbora500gbhdjustgetaerror attheinstallscreen inteli5core ram4gb videocardatihd4670withatless1gbofram
May21,201010:27PM

Anonymoussaid...
Thank,tonythisOSSnowLeopardisperfectlylikeamasterpiece,IinstallitinamotherboardPC CillingP43G,1gbRAM2gbdon'tpermittoinstallpanicerrorcomingup,audiowassolvedwith MultiBeastwithVodooandIinstalanetworkcardandrunexcellentbecausenetworkadapterfrom motherboarddon'tisreconigse.ThanksIwilldoadonation.AttLuisMM
May23,20102:00PM

Anonymoussaid...
Thanks,tonyaftertryingmanythingfordaysthismethodworkslikecharm.mymbisintel dx58bpiVidia9400GT1TBharddrive....keepupthegoodwork.Thanksagain.
May24,20102:55PM

Bazzsaid...
HiTony ThanksHeaps!Thisisfantastic!Everythingworksexceptmyaudio. AfterloadingtheOSmyaudioworkedfine,afterloadingtheupdatemyaudioworkedfine...but afterIloadedmultibeastandthenrebootedmyaudiostoppedworking. Ihavetriedeverythinginyourvideoandotherposts(includingwipingthedriveandreloading3 timesnow)andstillIcan'tgettheaudiotowork!Anyhelpwiththisissuewouldbeappreciated. Iamrunningthefollowinghardware... GigabyteP55AUD5motherbaord NVIDIAGigabyteGTX285VideoCard Inteli7860 Kingston120GBSSD Cheers Barry
May24,20107:57PM

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JoseCruzsaid...
Afteriswapthemediaitbootsbutitgetsstuckonhttp://yfrog.com/htphotoxmj.Help!!!!
May25,201010:35AM

Phoosaid...
Hi,Needhelp... I'mstuckatbelowlinewhilebootingRetailSLDiscafteriBoot: UCHIcontroller[8086:3b3e]at00:1a:1base7f0(fe01). Havetriedbusratio=21butnogo GigabyteGAP55AUD3i7860 4MBDDR3 NV9500GT PlainsetupjustasTonysuggested. Thanksinadvance
May25,201010:37PM

Phoosaid...
Iactuallygotitrunningwith4GBofCorsairPC1333butIexchangeditfor1600aswellasfrom EVGANV9500toZotacNV9500sincetheywereonsaleanddecidedtoreinstallfromscratch againbutthenIranintothisproblem...UCHI...Isitthenewvideocard?Help
May25,201011:57PM

Anonymoussaid...
thx SLrunsinanVBoxon mainboardIntelDH55HC cpuInteli5661 currentlywithoutsoundandcleanshutdown's. TBD... baremetaldito
May26,20104:45PM

mazingsaid...
Hey,Itrytoinstallthe10.6.3versiondirectlyandIarchieveditsucessfully. Exceptforinitialgraphicsproblems,therestofinstallationwasperfect. Ihadtobootwith"x"optiontosolvethegraphicsproblem.ThenIhadtoinstallNVEnablerbefore theChamaelonBoot.AfterthatIhadinstalledthebootandthesystemworkedsucessfully. Thanksforall.
May27,20106:21AM

Anonymoussaid...
hello Icantinstallmacinmycomputer.IdownloadedibootandplacediBootinDVDdrive,afterthatI

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pressf5andrunmacosretaildvd,butitappear"youcantinstallmacinthiscomputer,please restart"howcanIinstallmaconmycomputer?

sorrybutiamspanishandIdon`tspeakenglish
May27,201010:39AM

pythonsaid...
nice...keepupthegoodworktony!
May27,201012:11PM

Anonymoussaid...
HiandSOS Mycomputer: Motherboard:AsusP7P55D Graphiccard:ATISapphireHD3850 MacversionRetailDVD10.6.3 I'vetriedalliBootversion Installok Butwhenireboot Normalmode:Blackscreen xmode:normallystart(butnousbandnomouse(usborps2)) So: Can'tdownloadmultibeastonsafari(nomouse) Can'tususbkeyordrive(nousb) Can'tburnaCDonWinreadableonMac Anysolution?
May27,20102:35PM

EnriqueDelgadosaid...
tonywanttoinstallsnowleopardonatoshibalaptopL505iBootES5034getthroughtheselection oflanguagesbutmykeywordsandtrackpaddonotworkasIcansolve?
May27,20108:22PM

xtraasaid...
WhatcanIsay?Idon'tevenhavethatkindofboardbutwasreadingforresearchandthisisone ofthebesttutorialsIhaveseenforawhile! Compliments!! xtraa
May28,20103:35AM

MrJordanHawkensaid...
Ummyoudidn'tspecifyhowwechangetheBIOSsetting?Ican'tevenfinishoneoftheveryfirst stepsifyoudon'tspecifywhattodo... IrunaHPCompaqd530.
May28,20106:21AM

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Anonymoussaid...
[i][b]!!!![/b][/i] MacOSX10.6.3 : IntelCorei5750 GigabyteP55UD3L NVIDIAGeForceGTS250 : ()(CD)iBootNvidia ,( , :)) isq(616444916)
May28,20105:42PM

dennisdomingosaid...
why?canotinstallmacosx10.6onmywindow7aspire5542c22f amdathlonx2m300
May29,20104:58AM

Anonymoussaid...
excellenthitony!installedonainteldp55wbwithi3(530)usingthecdiBootsupported.perfect bootintegratingsoundandvideonetwork,incredible. NowwhenIinstallchameleonintheHDcopythefolder/CDExtraiBoottoHDwhichbootstoo perfect.ButmyfirstproblemoccurswhenIedit.Com.apple.Boot.plisttostartinnormalmodeand isnotverbosemode(v)doesnotwork AnysolutionthatismyCom.apple.Boot.plist

Kernel mach_kernel KernelFlags GraphicsEnabler=Yes Timeout 1 LegacyLogo Yes EthernetBuiltIn Yes

Com.apple.Boot.plistalsodeletetheLibrary/Preferences/systconfsosmoothly. ButalsowithinthefolderHD/IhavethefamousExtrapreboot.dmgandwithinthe Com.apple.Boot.plistIhaveanotherthatIdowiththis?


May29,201011:21AM

C3posaid...
InstalledSLwithiBootSupportedworkinglikeacharm.Including10,6,3update.Motherboard GigabyteE7AUMDS2HbutIhavetoremoveone2Gbmoduleasitworksonlywith2Gband nomoreIgetcoruption. BUTeachtimeafterusingMultiBeastIlosemyresolutiononboardnVidia9400isnotrecognized

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justsaysnVidiawith32Mboframandgoin1024x768resolution.Soundalsonotworking. IfIuseiBootforbootIhaveallresolutionsbutisalreadyatnativemonitorresolution 1280x1024,itcorectlydisplaythe256Mbgraphicmemory,andIHAVESOUND,andnetwork WITHOUTinstallinganyotherpatchesorfiles. SoHowtocopyiBootasmainbootontheHDD?Becauseformeisbetterthanthebootloader &stuffinstalledbyMultiBeast.
May30,20108:25AM

Anonymoussaid...
HeyTonydoesIBoothavetobecopyedtoaCDandnotadvd?
May30,20103:15PM

Anonymoussaid...
soforthismethoditseasiesttopurchasethesnowleopardcd.andiwillnothavetoupgradefrom leopardatallright?
May31,20101:18AM

Anonymoussaid...
Hieveryone! IbootedwithiBootATIwithxanditinstallsveryeniceafterinstallationigetgarbage.wheniuse safebootwithiBootATImygraphicworksandthereitis4670series94901gbneedhelpASPA pleezzzee Iuse MotherboardASUSP5G41CM QuadCore8300 4gbddr3 SAPPHIREHD46701GGDDR3PCIE(NewEdition) 500gbSata Monitor24inchandhaveonlyVGAoutptiuseVGAtoDVI Thanxguys
May31,20101:47PM

said...
Hello! myconfig videoGigabytePCIExGeForceGTX275work procIntelCorei57502660/6,4GT/8MS1156work motherboardGigabyteP55UD4Socket1156work memoryTeam8Gb4x2GbDDR3PC128001600MHz77721work HD2xSamsungSpinpointF31TB32M7200RPMSATA DVDLGGH22LS50BlackSATA(ACHIMode)Work monitorLG23"W2343TGlossyBlackWidework keyboardLogitechCompactK300BlackUSBwork 650W GameJaistickLogitechForce3DPronottested webcamLogitechC600work AND!

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FireWareaudiointerfaceT.C.Electronicdesktopkonnekt6donotwork..... ihavedownloaddriversfromofficialt.c.electronicsite,buthardwarestillnotvisable.whatIhave todo??thisiswearyimportant!(InSystemProfiler/FireWare/itavialable)ButifIentertocontrol panel,andgotothedevicesetting,fromitsdriverIhaveamessage:Nohardwarefound.And blueindicatoronthedevicenotflash,newer.. Sorryaboutmyenglish,Thankyouwerymuch!!!!!!!!!!! iBootSupported+retailsnowleopard10.6.4+MultiBeast.
June1,20108:50AM

Anonymoussaid...
WillitworkwithalaptopwithgraphicsIntelGMAX4500?Ineedareplyguys,I'vesearchedall overthenetforasolutiononthis.
June2,20108:08AM

Anonymoussaid...
heyguys, afterinstallingiboot+multibeast,icanonlybootintoosxbyx(safemode)ifnotiwillfacea kernelpanic...anyideas?...thanksinadvanced!
June3,201012:02AM

Anonymoussaid...
Hey,there'snoimagefilewhenIdownloadIBOOTsupported?Canyoupostthatsomewhere?
June3,20101:54AM

Shakthisaid...
Hi, IgotacopyofSLDVD&iBootNvidia.Triedfollowingoptions: 1)x 2)xv 3)xvcpus=1 4)cpus=1busratio=17 WhenItryoption1&2nothinghappens.Installationdoesnotproceedfurther. WhenItryoption3&4Igetthegreyscreenwithapplelogoandthenkernelpanic. AmImissingsomething.BythewayIhaveaSonyVaioLaptop(VGNC22GH).
June3,20102:41PM

leesaid...
BouttotrythistodayonaGAVM800M775.tryingaslightmodtoit.doingitfrominternalhard drive.usingthismethod.mantheusbonag3isslowlol.probablygonnatake4hourstotransfer theimagetotheharddrive.iseenthattheboardinalistwaslistedasworkedwellina10.5 installifirememberright.thisisa10.6.2install.alsogonnatrytodoainstallfrompackagefor somethingofalivedisc.willpostbacklateronthisrun.beenbeatingmyheadagainstthewallfor

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aweekonthis.gotittobootuptoloadingscreenandithungontheusb1.1
June3,20103:00PM

leesaid...
wellthegoodnewsisigotthebootscreen.badnewis.gotEbioserroroninjection.thevm800 justcrappedonme.orderinganewmobo.whattopick.lol.itsa775socketsoifanyoneknows ofagood775thatwillworkdecentlyletmeknow.whereigottheebioserrorswasonmytoshiba l305s5919
June3,20106:41PM

chrissaid...
HI!iamChris,firstofallthanksforyourIboot! itriedalmosteverythingonthewebtoinstallSLbuticouldsuccessonlyusingIbootNvidia Iinstalledsnowleopard10.6.3,itwasquitedifficultbutfinallyisucceedtodoitbutistillhave followingproblem: theonlyformetobootistokeepusingtheCD. icannotbootfromtheharddrive,itriedchameleon2.0RC4andBeastbutnothing.... ForinformationiusedtheinstallationsnowleopardbyHazardandusingIBootforbooting.... anybodycanhelpmetosolveitandmakeitbootingwithoutIbootCD?
June4,20108:54AM

andresaid...
IsthisgoingtoworkwithIntelAtomCPUsaswell?IhavegotaZOTACIONITXFhere.
June4,201010:06AM

Anonymoussaid...
HiTony, TrytoHackintoshonAsusP5KE,IntelE8400,4GbRam.IuseiBootSupported2.0&retailldvd 10.6.3.YetafterpressingF5&"Enter",Igetthemessage"EBIOSreaderror:Error0x09Block 0x18be00Sectors0. Ahelpwouldbemuchappreciated.
June4,201011:39AM

leesaid...
haveyoutriedinstallingtheboot0tothembrandboot1htothevolumeaswellassudocppR boottotherootofthevolume?
June4,20101:19PM

Andisaid...
HiTony, firstofall...thxforawesomehowto.IusedtheEasyBeastaftertheinstall.Thesoundworks alreadybutonlyatthefrontadapterofmypc?!

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works? Thx, Andi
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Microfoneworksfineatthefrontandbackadapter.WhathaveIdonethattheadapterattheback

Jeffsaid...
HeyTony, Iamgettingreadytoinstallusingthisguide,butIamwonderingifitispossabletogettheboot diskusedinthisinstalltoseeapreviouslyinstalledversionofwindowsonaSEPERATEhard drive.(AKAiunpluggedtheHDwithwindowsonitandplugedinacleanHDjustforMac). NOTE:Toanybodywhohaswindowsinstalledaready,asyouwellknowchangingyourmode fromSATAtoAHCIwillcauseabootfailureandwillrequireyoutoreinstallwindows.Youcan preventthisfromhappeningdoingoneoftwoways. 1.SimplyenterbioseverytimeyouchangeOS'sandchangebiosback 2.ActivatetheAHCIdriversviacommandpromptintheregistrythenchangethebiossettings

Iamusing: GigabyteSseriesGAEP45DS3LR/DS3Lmotherboard Nvidiacard Soundblaster(bycreative) Intelcore2quadQ6600


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Josuesaid...
Tony!, Greatpost,foryouhavemotivatedmeonpursuingthismethodandhopefullyhavingSLinstalled onmyIntelComputer. HasanyonehadanyluckonusingthismethodonAsusMotherboards?Iwouldreallyappreciate somehelp.
June5,20107:19PM

mrcjrsaid...
HiTony, firstthanksforthegreatartofinstallation, ItriedyourmethodtomyDellinspiron1410,core2duoT6400,2GBofram,VGAGMAX3100... andtheinstallationisverysuccess,butstillihaveoneprob,whentobeginihadtoconnectthe laptoptoexternalmonitortogetfullworkofmyVGA,withoutthaticouldintothemac,ithink thisiscousetheinternalmonitorbeasecondarymonitorandexternalmonitorbethedefault,isit awaytomaketheinternalbethedefaultmonitor....? ======================= DellInspiron1410 IntelCore2duoT600 2Gofram VGAGMAX3100[id:0x2a02rev:0x000c] SoundfinewithvoodooHDA.kext

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June5,201011:17PM

Anonymoussaid...
Hello,ImHernan. WorksinMBRPartitionTable?(funcionaentabladeparticionMBR?)
June6,20106:07PM

Anonymoussaid...
@Hernan RetailmacosxonlyonGPT,ifuwantMBRusehackintosh..^__^ andheretonyguideisforretaildvd.
June6,20109:18PM

sreeharisaid...
Iamgettingblankscreenafter[(step2)7]applelogoGreyscreen.Triedwithxtoo. <<DellXPS1645:IntelCorei7720QM,HD500,4GMem,GFX:Ati46701GB>> AmImissingsomething?
June7,20106:22AM

Manecksaid...
Ihaveaproblem,my10.6.3installwontbootfrommyUSBdrivewhenI'musingiboot2.0...any fixes?Igotthe10.6.2IOUSBfamily.kextfilebutdontknowwheretoputittomodifytheibootiso. Anytips? IhaveanAlienwarem15xwithcorei7720QM Maneck
June7,20107:28AM

Anonymoussaid...
HiTONY Haveapeculiarproblem...UNABLETOFINDERROR!!PLSHELP! Havethefollowingconfig: GigabyteP55UD6(updatedtoF9stillprobexists) i7860 Corsair2*2GB Zotak9800GT1GB Corsair450W 1*500GBWD 2*1TBSeagate allinaCoolerMaster OS10.6.2 Hadeverythingworkingfineforamonth.Nowitaskstorestartwiththeblackscreen.Wheni checkedinverbosemode..ifoundPanicwithdifferentthingslikeapplecpupowermanagement. Keptchangingeverynowandthen.Workedfineinsafemode.

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InLogicprowheniloadedsomethinglargeitgaveupfewtimesandaskedtorestart.Thoughtit wasHarddiskrelated...Ichangedharddiskstoseeifthatwasaproblem...butthatsnotthe case.Completelyreloadedseveraltimesstillgetthesameproblemrandomly. IsCorsair450wenoughforthissetupordidineed550?Itworkedfineforamonth..dunnoifitsa powerissue.InBIOSsuddenlyitshows2GBmemory,butinOSshows4GB.Imjusttoo confusedastowhattheproblemcouldbe..hardware???notsoftwareisuppose...buthowdoi locateit....PLSHELP!! Cheers Rahul
June7,20103:40PM

Anonymoussaid...
@sreehari, Hi..ithinkmaybeugetthesameprobtodelluser,it'sneedtoconnecttoexternalmonitor,i'd trythissolution,Thistheway,afterbiosloaduwillgettheibootandit'llloadmuchkext..before itend,umustquicklypushthefn+f8button{itmeanthedisplaygototheexternalmonitor}.Ucan trythis..^___^,ifulucky,ucanfixitinpostinstallation...butifnot,thenulikeme..togetthe fullfunctionfromthevga,uneedtoconnectittotheexternalmonitor,..andit'salwaysneed.. untilnowidontknowhowtofixit...^__^..anditmakemecouldnottrymythemacboxonmy laptop...T__T...
June7,20109:00PM

Gordonsaid...
Soifiremovemy2HDD'sandinstallosxonanewone,canireplacemywindows/linuxhdd's aftertheinstallandhaveadualbootwithwindowsandmac?Anyhelpwouldbeappreciated
June8,20102:24AM

Anonymoussaid...
ThankYouforthistutorial,butihavoonequestion:ihaveonly1harddrive.Howcaniinstalmac osonapartitionwithoutdeletingtheotherpartition?
June8,20103:52AM

Gielsaid...
Ihaveaproblem,iinstallosxasaboveitwithibootallworks:audio,video,keyboard,usb,...i updateto10.6.3andjusmultibeastwithsuported...irobootandihavenoaudio,nokeyboardno usbsuport.cansombadiehelpme?
June8,20104:55PM

Anonymoussaid...
Stupidquestion,butthesnowleopardretailCDisthesnowleopardupgradereatailcd?becauseif it'snotthecaseihaventfinditontheapplestore
June9,20106:29PM

ZumaScootersaid...
Youaretheman,ihaveaP7805uandhavetriedalotofotherguidesoutthere.Thisoneisthe fastest,thecleanestandthemostefficientguideiveseeninages.Yousirdeserve+1internets.I hopegoodthingshappenforyouinlife,evenifyounevergettoreadthismessage.

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June10,201011:03AM

Anonymoussaid...
Iattemptedthisanditdoesn'tworkforme. Build: Motherboard:gigabyteud2 processor:corei5750 harddriveandcdrombothsata graphicscard:mx4000(isthismyproblem?) Iusedtheibootsupportedandtheniinsertedtheretaildiskandthenitgivesmethe"holdpower toshutdown"
June10,20107:41PM

frakskensaid...
Hello!I'mtryingtoinstallonmydellxps(mxg061)sinceitcan'trunwindows,andsinceIWON'T runwindows,andIwantasecondmac.ProblemisthatThere'snosettinginthebiosforACHI. Whatproblemswillthisgiveme?CanIsolvethem? Thanks:)
June11,20108:21AM

Anonymoussaid...
Cananybodyhelp?IamnewtoHackintosh.Ivespentalotoftimetryingtofigureouthowto installmyretailMacOSXSnowLeopardonnewmynewmachine.IhavefollowedTony MACX86guide,IamusingIboottoinstallmyMacOSXSnowLeopardv10.6.3.Ichangedthe BiostoACHI,SATAtoACHI,BootprioritytoCDROMbrandnamefirst(nottheCDROM assignedbytheBIOS)andthentoharddriveaftercompletingtheinstallationofMacOSXSnow Leopard. MyProblem: Icannotbootmycomputerfromtheharddrive.IneedtouseIboottotakemetoMacscreen.On Macscreen,thereisNOharddriveiconor(picture).AgainIamnewtoHackintoshsystemand perhapssomeonecanhelpplease!!!orIneedtodomoreBioschangesIjustdontknow? Pleasehelpifmydreammachinecanhappen. Iamusingthefollowingcomponents: AsusP5QProTurbomotherboard, IntelCore2QuadCPU 2X2(4bg)DDR2800mhzram 1tbSATAharddrive MSIN240gtMD1G5Dgraphiccard DualLayerDVDRW 450wpowersupply Thank, Bouawat
June11,201012:15PM

Adamsaid...
Welcome Itriedtoinstallaccordingtoyourinstructionsbutsomethingisnotgoingtouseinsteadiboot chameleon2rc4andreadsthediscandattheendofsuchathingpopsup http://gallery.me.com/adamz8#100017/IMG_0012%5B1%5D&bgcolor=black andnothingmoreastheibootmayknowfromwhatcanthisbe?mycomputerisaSamsungr510 Nvidia9200graphicsIntelCore2Duo,3GBofmemory,disk160, tryingtoinstallfromtheoriginalplatesinstalledidnebbutafterinstallationshowstheappleand

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reset,andsointhenear

June11,20104:37PM

Rolandosaid...
MineafterIputtheretailCDtoboot...everythinggoesfineuntilbootingfinish...justgetstockina blankscreen...mightbemyATIHD3650?Somebodyknowifthisvideocardiscombatiblewith Iboot?
June11,20109:34PM

Rolandosaid...
Tryingtoinstalltheretailversionbootwhenitfinishbootingitgetstockinablank screen...somebodyknowsifATIHD3650graphiccardworkswithIboot????
June11,20109:36PM

Rolandosaid...
TONYYYYYYYYYYPLEASEADDTHEATIHD3650PCIINTELKEXTPLEASEEEE...IN YOURSHOWSTHEATI2600ANDTHENJUMPSTOATI3800....ATI3650PCIINTELIS MISSINGG...PLEASEEE
June11,201010:47PM

Daywalkerdvsaid...
Hiall! I'mtotallynewtothisMacstuff,firstofallthankyouallfortheworkyoudowithibootmultibeast andthetutorialsforthem! CansomebodytellmeifIcaninstallosxwiththisguideifmyconfigis: CPU:DualCoreIntelPentiumE2140,2666MHz(8x333) Motherboard:GigabyteGAG31MS2L(2PCI,1PCIEx1,1PCIEx16,2DDR2DIMM,Audio, Video,GigabitLAN) RAM:2048MB(DDR2800DDR2SDRAM) VGA:ATIRadeonHD4600Series(512MB) HDD:ST3320620AATADevice(320GB,7200RPM,UltraATA/100) Opticaldrive:HLDTSTDVDRAMGSA4160BATADevice IsATAHDDaproblem?Pleasehelp,ifmyconfigisnotcomatibleIdon'ttrytoinstallthat'swhyI needyouradvice!Thanks!
June12,20108:13AM

ITMANsaid...
NowthatwhatIwantuseit.......u'rtheman...u'rtheman!
June12,201011:47AM

n4Spheresaid...
hieveryone ForthosetheyrunthemacosxonaPC:doesanyoneknowiftherearesomeproblemswith audiolatencyonOSXintelPC?Thisquestionisveryimportantforaudioandmusicproduction whenyouareusingaudiointerfaces. Ifthesetupruns,runsitreallynativeoraretheresomeproblemsatall?

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June13,20109:09AM

Wrightsaid...
MayIknowifitispossibletodothiswithUSBthumbdrives?Isitpossibletobootthisiboot supportedisofromUSBthumbdriveandthenboottheSnowLeoparddmgfromthumbdrive.I've managedtogetthesnowleoparddmgtothumbdrive,butIdon'tknowhowtomakeibootsupport isotobootfromthumbdrive.cansomeonecommentonthis.
June14,20104:03AM

CSDesignCosaid...
Can'tgetpastbootloader.I'monasupportedGigabyteMB,4gmraminstalled,1sataharddrive1 idedvddrive. Kernalpanic@"Unabletofinddriverforthisplatform:ACPI". HavetriedbothiBootSupportedandiBootNvidia,aswellastheEmpireEFIbootloader,andthe osx86svbootloader.AllarereportingkernalpanicforlackofACPIsupport.Anysuggestions? BTWonmyparticularMBIcannoteitherenableordisableACPIitisenabledoutofthebox.I dohaveanoptiontosetittoeitherS1orS3andamnot100%clearonthedif.EitherwayIHave triedwithboth.DVDromisinbootspot#1,hddinsecond.
June14,20104:28AM

TobyVaudreysaid...
Hi,Ican'tbootapplewithoutgoingintosafemode..pleasehelp!
June14,20108:27AM

CSDesignCosaid...
@Tobyprobablyavideocardissue.Postyourvideocard,motherboard,andothersystemspecs.
June14,201012:29PM

Jeffreysaid...
Iinstalledthefirsttryperfectly,butafterrunningtheupdateIcannolongerselectmynative screenresolution.Howcaniforcethescreenresolutiontothecorrectsize.Also,my2ndmonitor isnolongerbeingfound.Beforetheupdateitwasshowingupinpreferences. Thanks!
June14,20101:01PM

santhusaid...
HiTonymacx, iamtryingtoinstallmacosinmyintelpcand,yprocessorisdualcore,buildingraphiccardand one1gbram. iamfollowingurblogtoinstallmac.ivekeptibootcdandbooteditandthenremovedthatand placedmacdvdandpressedf5andiveseenthemacosandentered.

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afterthisiamgettingerrorslike... UNABLETOFINDDRIVERFORTHISPLAFTFORM canuhelpmehowtosolvetheissues. thanksinadvance santhoshejanthkar
June14,20102:19PM

Anonymoussaid...
Thankyoutonymac!theworkyouhavedonewiththep55boardsisgreat! Ihaveagap55mud2andunfortunatelyIcouldnotgettheaudiotoworkwithmultibeast. HoweverIwasabletogetaworkingaudiosolutionbyusingthe10.6.0kextsof"AppleHDA.kext" and"IOAudioFamily.kext".PlacethoseinyourS/L/Efolderandthenplacethe "Legacy888bHDA.kext",orwhatevercodecyouhave,in/Extra.Runmultibeast"systemutilities" andreboot.Younowshouldhopefullyhaveaudio.
June15,201012:44AM

tomminassaid...
hitony,greatjob!easiestguideintheworld,you'rethebestone!ihavethisspecs: P7H55MPRO i5650 4GBDDR31333 INTELintegratedgraphics 1TBSATAAHCIhd iinstalledwithibootsupported,updatedto10.6.3withEasyBeastSupported. nowthesearemyproblems:ihavetobootwithibootcdinsideinMacinformationRAMisDDR2 667mhz(halfoftherealspeed!)can'tfindgraphicskextandtheonlyresolutionis1024*768, whileineed1960*1200whichis100%supportedbymymotherboard. isthereaDSDTformyMBthatcansimplysolveallmyproblems?:) thankyouverymuch!
June15,20106:10AM

DanCampbellsaid...
WhydoweneedtotaketheRAMout?Ihave8gbram,Ididn'tbothertotakeanyoutandnow only4gbshowsup.I'mprobablywrongbutthatfeelsabit32bit(andhere'smethinkingOSXisa 64bitOS). HowcanIfixtheRAMissue? Also,IusedMultiBeasttoinstallavanillachameleon.Itbootsupsofar,thenigetthe"Youneed toturnoffyourcomputerandreboot"screen.WhenIdoso,itappearsOSXhastriedtointerfere withCMOS.WTFLOL.Anyhelpisappreciated! Thanks, Dan.
June15,201010:25AM

DanCampbellsaid...
Ok,soalittlemorereadingandalittlemoreexperimentinggoesalongway!

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Ithinkthe'RebuildCaches'and'RepairPermissions'alongwiththefakesmckextinstallsorted meout.Anyway,I'vegotmy8GBandeverythingworkingonanoldEP35DS4. Thanks! Dan.
June15,20105:13PM

Brentsaid...
I'mabouttoexperimentwithinstalling10.6.3(justacquiredtheRetailDVD)onanIBMThinkPad LenovoT400.CPUID'sSystemWizardreportsthefollowingspecifications:

Mainboard:LENOVO2768WV7 Chipset:IntelGM45/GM47 Processor:IntelMobileCore2DuoP8600@2400MHz PhysicalMemory:4096MB VideoCard:ATIMobilityRadeonHD3400Series HardDisk:HITACHI(160GB) DVDRomDrive:HLDTSTDVDRAMGSAU20N MonitorType:DellComputerDELL2408WFP24inches MonitorType:LTN141BT0400214inches NetworkCard:82567LMGigabitNetworkConnection NetworkCard:PRO/Wireless5100AGN[Shiloh]NetworkConnection OperatingSystem:MicrosoftWindowsXPProfessional5.01.2600ServicePack2 DirectX:Version9.0c

Ofcourse,ifanyonehasanyadvanceadvice,I'lltakeit.Iplantofollowtheinstructionsonthis sitetotheletterI'mdetailorientedandpatient.IhavepreparedtodothisonasystemIcan affordtoleaveidlewhiletroubleshootingoccurs,soI'mnotgoingtofeelpressurewhiledoingthis. Wishmeluck!


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