[Guide] A Hackintosh How to: From the Ground Up - Page 6

On July 17 2009 08:16 jacktheripper wrote:


Okay, so I have installed Windows 7 and all the drivers from my motherboard, video card and monitor, and now when i boot into OSX my ethernet is not working i.e. i can connect to the net in windows but not osx.

any ideas?

On July 17 2009 12:23 tgrokz wrote:
also i noticed in OCCT that the CPU freq. is underclocked by 10.2%. i feel like thats just a bug or something, though, because every once in a while it goes up to +27.2% for a second then drops back to -10.2.

On July 17 2009 12:33 maltice wrote:
Welp, had a nice problem tonight.. my main monitor decided to go nuts and all i could see was something that looked like static on a TV screen.. you know, like back when you were a kid and you had an antenna on your roof but you couldn't actually get any reception?

Anyway... I am re-booting in safe mode now and changing the resolution to something smaller (1440xwhatever instead of 1680x1050)

Seems like that fixed it, but the whole static on the monitor thing was a bit freaky. I was just messing around and decided to go to system preferences and click 'display'. Once I did that, my monitor went all staticky and whacky.

Anyone else encounter anything like this? I have a weird feeling its my crappy ass chinsy monitor (22" proview cheapo screen) because the other one (17" samsung syncmaster) remained normal.

UPDATE:
So, all was well, so i tried hitting system preferences --> display - again (you know... just to see). Same shit. Basically, every time I boot to safe mode I can change he display properties but if I ever want to go back to the display properties I get the static death... (I tried reinstalling the video drivers too)

If anyone gets the chance can they try going to system preferences and going to display and see if anything freaky happens? (not that I wish it upon you but I am curious to know if its my monitor or something else.

On July 17 2009 13:31 sexynugget wrote:
Great guide, but I beg to differ on some of your hardware choices. 8gb ram is overkill, 4gb will be cheaper and there is no performance difference. You could get BETTER performance if you go with a 4gb OCZ blade or similar performance RAM. Overkill on the storage. Xigmatek Dark Knight performs better than the CM at the same price. Not a fan of OCZ PSUs, would rather go Corsair, but it'll do.

As an absolute last resort you can always hit the button on OSx86 Tools that "restores defaults" after which you will need to re-install the drivers. Remember, if you reset the settings you will lose personal files as well. The computer will be back like it was the first time you booted it up.

On July 25 2009 11:42 Wr3k wrote:
Just as a heads up:

You cannot turn mouse acceleration off on a mac. I have tried countless utilities and drivers. Basically Macs are not compatible with competitive RTS unless you love picking up your mouse over and over.

On July 25 2009 11:36 Dead9 wrote:
Apparently I've really bad at this
I can't screw the motherboard onto the casing T_T
There's two screws I can't screw in (with the fan being the top, the topleft and mid-left screws)
I can't fit my hand into the topleft, and I think the mid-left one just hates me


(sorry about the low quality, all I have is my phone's camera)
That's what my screws look like, and yeah they are the same as the metal risers
I couldn't find any other ones, twelve came in the package, and they seem to fit into themselves, so I just used them ;;

Edit: Actually with 4 screws in the motherboard doesn't move at all
Would 4 screws be enough?

On July 25 2009 11:42 Wr3k wrote:
Just as a heads up:

You cannot turn mouse acceleration off on a mac. I have tried countless utilities and drivers. Basically Macs are not compatible with competitive RTS unless you love picking up your mouse over and over.

On July 25 2009 11:51 MK wrote:


actually, you can.
2 ways : paying for the software (i forgot the name because i didn't pay) OR dl and install the MICROSOFT mouse driver for mac.
Yup, this driver RAPE the mouse acceleration of mac OS.

But, agreed on every counts that Mac is SHIT for RTS. And gaming in general.

On July 25 2009 12:51 Wr3k wrote:


Mind giving me the specific name of the driver/program? I have tried pretty much everything that comes up under google or mac os help forums. It would be fantastic to play starcraft on my laptop. There are programs that I have tried that people left and right swear to, however I have only found ones that alter the acceleration curve and don't actually disable the acceleration. From what I have heard it is actually impossible to turn it off completely, but you can use drivers that have different acceleration curves to make it barely noticeable (none of them have worked for me).

On July 25 2009 12:40 maleorderbride wrote:



4 screws is fine. the upper left one is a bitch. I only use a long handled metallic tipped screw driver on those ;p

Mind giving me the specific name of the driver/program? I have tried pretty much everything that comes up under google or mac os help forums. It would be fantastic to play starcraft on my laptop. There are programs that I have tried that people left and right swear to, however I have only found ones that alter the acceleration curve and don't actually disable the acceleration. From what I have heard it is actually impossible to turn it off completely, but you can use drivers that have different acceleration curves to make it barely noticeable (none of them have worked for me).

On July 25 2009 15:39 piratebay wrote:
u should sell premade ones!

A short blurb about me. I have run my own computer business for the last 3 years now. I build and repair computers. I have built somewhere in the neighborhood of about 300 computers. I recently started on hackintoshes and have built about 20ish of them.