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10.4.8 IS THE LATEST WORKING VERSION FOR X86 HCL_10.4.8

This is a hardware compatibility list for 10.4.1 builds. Hardware tested and found compatible with 10.4.3 should be on either the HCL/Portables page or the HCL/Desktops page.

Add in how you got OSx86 running on your system like the sample. Please see the discussion page for proper instructions on how to input your system specs. Also, please contribute to the HCLPart page, which should list a more granular view of compatibility.

This page should be taken with a grain of salt. Even if your computer isn't listed, you should try it if you have a SSE2 or higher processor.

Note: the following forum thread has a list of laptops with almost everything working out of the box: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=20846&hl=most+compatible+laptop In fact, this WiKi would make life much easier if it just said: buy Dell xxx but chose xxx option for WiFi.

See the x86 software page for programs you can run without Rosetta.
See the Tips And Tricks page for a method to bypass SSE3 and only use SSE2. (Fixes Rosetta and iTunes)

REMEMBER: when using vmware to run OS X, this does not belong on this HCL

Contents

AMD Setups

Note: SSE2 or SSE3 are required to boot up OSX Intel included SSE3 since prescott and SSE2 since northwood Amd included SSE2 in Athlon 64 and SSE3 in Athlon 64 San Diego and X2

Acer Aspire 5050

Hardware: 

CPU: AMD Turion64 x2
Hard Drive: 60 GB Hitachi 5400 RPM HD
Gaphics: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 integrated graphics (64-256mb shared memory)
Integrated RTL 8139 10/100 Ethernet

Used AMD SSE 3 kernel/ MacOSX86 10.4.9

What works:

  • Bluetooth
  • Sound

What doesn't:

  • ehternet ( the AppleRTL8139 kext loads fine with the correct ID in Info.plist(0x813910ec) but the card isn't detected)
  • wireless
  • changing the resolution (both calillisto 003b and 005 work but they ignore "Graphics Mode" )

Acer Aspire 5100

Hardware: 

CPU: AMD Turion64 x2 TL50 (1.6GHz, 512KB L2 cache)
Hard Disk: 100GB 5400rpm PATA HDD (however, for this install only using 33 GB partition {dual boot})
Graphics: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 (known also as "200M") (intergrated graphics with 32-256MB shared)
Network: Realtek RTL 8139 10/100 Ethernet
WiFi: 802.11b/g wireless LAN
RAM: 1GB DDR2-533 (dual-channel)
Screen: 15.4" WXGA wide CrystalBrite TFT LCD
Speakers: High Definition Realtek speakers
Card reader: 2in1 CardReader
Card slot: PCMCIA slot
Camera: Acer OrbiCam (Bison)

The following selections during setup worked for me and made nearly all of my hardware compatible with 'Mac OS X 10.4.9 by uphuck and tubgirl':

In the following sections select: 

Package section - 10.4.9 AMD
Kernel section - AMD SSE3
Patches section - AppleACPIPlatform.kext 10.4.8
Drivers section - ATI ATA   
                  Azalia Audio
                  Realtek R1000
                  IO80211Family.kext 10.4.5
                  PowerManagement.bundle

WORKING: 

AMD Turion64 x2 - out of the box, dual core enabled automatically and displays as 'AMD Turion64(tm) x2 1.6GHz' in 'System Preference' window.
1GB DDR2 - displayed as 1GB Ram in 'System Preference' window.
WiFi - works, found my neighbours network :)
100GB HDD - works good, shows all of my partitions.
High Definition audio - works out of the box, displayed as 'HD audio output' in 'Sound' settings.

NOT WORKING: 

ATI Radeon X1100 - doesn't work, NEED HELP, shows resolution as '1024x768' !!!
CardReader - not supported by Macintosh at all.

NOT TESTED: 

PCMCIA slot
ETHERNET port
Acer OrbiCam

"NOTES": 

Don't know why but takes 3min to boot Mac OS X. Also fan works like crazy spins much more then when you play games on XP and gives out a lot of heat.

Plese be so kind to help me solve my problems, i'm a newbie in Mac configurations, and finally installed it on third try. Cheers ! :) (Please e-mail to arseny1991@gmail.com if you have tips to help me)

Custom AMD64 X2 5200+ w/ EVGA 590 SLI mobo

JaS 10.4.7 worked great! After installing in VMWare, then converting, then dd, my computer wouldnt boot. (Worked for my T30 P4M):P Install Disc wouldnt NOT work in SATA DVD. I had to use IDE DVD with jumpers set to slave on IDE0, Maxtor 250 hd as master on IDE0.

No ethernet.


Custom AMD [Athlon 3700+ (San Diego); Gigabyte GA-K8N]

Method: OK! I got SOUND TO WORK AND SO DOES ITUNES! Here's how I did it! I've also got ethernet working because I had a spare PCI 3com card in the closet, but it only runs at 10mbit/s. See Audio for the instructions for ALC850 codecs.

Now that us AMD guys have sound working, let's try getting our nvidia/ati chips to load up high resolutions!

Hardware: Gigabyte GA-K8N (nForce4 Audio ALC850), AMD Athlon San Diego 3700+, 3com 3c900

Comments: I have yet to have the 2 gigabit cards running NOR can I run above 1280x1024

Custom AMD [Athlon 64; Abit NF8]

Method: deadmoo image to HD via dd port for windows

Hardware: AMD Athlon64, Abit NF8 motherboard, 1 Gb PC3200 RAM, nVidia GeForce FX 5500 8x AGP video

Comments: Onboard sound seems to work, still no ethernet, no 2d acceleration.

--Errandwolfe 22:51, 11 Aug 2005 (CDT)

Using the Pro version of the motherboard I couldn't get the audio to work with any code I found. Which did you use? Windows says only nVidia audio stuff providing no code!

I am running using the marklar-tiger.iso

AMD 3700 san diego asus an8-sli premium 1.5 gb pc 2700 maxtor 40 gb IDE 7800 GT

need the drivers for the graphics card, sound isnt working, neither is ethernet

  • edit* sound and ethernet working, still no geforce drivers

I love having sex in the oven

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3200+ (Winchester); Abit AV8]

Method: Image burnt to disk and installed natively

Hardware: AMD64 3200+ Winchester (S939) SSE2

1GB RAM (2x512MB)

Abit AV8 K8T800Pro motherboard (VIA chipset)

Realtek AC'97 Audio based onboard sound

Geforce 6 6800 128MB AGP


Notes: Video acceleration works, USB/PS2 mouse and keyboard works.

AC'97 audio works, left channel only. *Set to SPDIF output to avoid sound pitch reproduction issues.*

Intel Pro 10/100 card worked but *needed 10.4.3 IONetworkingFamily.kext* before it would.

Onboard LAN (Via Rhine) does not work. 3rd party drivers did not work.

SATA works with VIA raid controller - but won't realise my two WDC200GB drives form a RAID array (just comes up with mount error on boot)


Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3000+]

Method: Wrote VMWare .img to second physical hard drive using:

dd bs=1048576 if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=\\.\PhysicalDrive1

Rebooted computer, hit F11 when prompted to go into special boot menu, selected the second drive to boot from. So far am only able to boot in -x (safe mode). Used -s mode to change passwords.

Hardware:

AMD64 3000+ (not sure what motherboard) 1 GB RAM 2 IDE hard drives (WinXP on the first / OSX on the second) Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller RADEON 9800 PRO AGP (0x4E48), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI TX NIC (3C905B-TX)

Comments:

Only 1024x768 video is available, probably due to safe mode. Sound is not working. This is SSE2 only, so Rosetta does not work. Not sure what motherboard I have in here

Venice Core and later have SSE3

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 2800+ (NewCastle); MSI K8T Neo]

Method: Dual boot Native (Using Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate)

Hardware: Althon 64 2800+ (NewCastle), MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R, 1GB A-Data RAM, 60 GB HDD, Nvidia Geforce 5700 (VESA 3.0)

Comments: Onboard Realtek RTL8169/8110 network works, onboard audio worked, but only with left channel. Would not recongise PS/2 keyboard (mouse is USB) but worked fine when booting with -v -s. Rosetta works just fine after applying SSE2 patch. CoreGraphics patch made dock menu much smoother.

Update: Using both PS/2 mouse and keyboard works fine.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 2800+ (NewCastle); MSI K8T Neo]

Method: Dual boot Native (Using Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate)

Hardware: Althon 64 2800+ (NewCastle), MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R, 512MB DDR3200 RAM, 10 GB HDD, Radeon 9200 (VESA 2.0)

Comments: Onboard Realtek RTL8169/8110 network works, onboard audio worked, but only with left channel. Everything appears to work fine except the sound. Tried messing with balance settings with no success.

Bought an external USB Sound Blaster Live! Sound Card to supplement the onboard sound issues.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester); MSI Neo2 Platinum]

Method: xplOde's Native Hard Drive Guide

Hardware: AMD Athlon64 3000+ (Winchester core) 1GB RAM MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum (nForce3) Leadtek 6600GT (Vesa 3.0)

OSX recognized the 1Gbit onboard NIC as a realtek nic. OSX cannot recognize the 10/100Mbit onboard NIC. Will test audio and rest of hardware soon. Safari was very unstable, but Firefox works great.

Update: Safari is stable for me with additional SSE3 patches. Audio, firewire works. Sound is fuzzy for me, but could be an electrical problem. Rosetta works with patches.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0Ghz @ 2.45 (Winchester); MSI K8N-Neo2 Platinum

Method: Native Install

Hardware:

  • Amd64 s939 Winchester 3200+ 2ghz @ 2.45ghz
  • Msi K8n-Neo2 Platinum M/Board
  • Pc3200 Corsair Twin 1g
  • Liteon Cd-Burner
  • Pioneer Dvr-108

Comments:

  • Boots Normal & Safe Mode
  • Sound Works, Usb Works, Giga Lan Works, Firewire Works
  • Coregraphics Patch & Sse3->sse2 patch
  • Runs all PPC Applications
  • Graphics Dont Work [Radeon9600 Pro 128mb]
  • XBENCH 74.44 all tests
  • Cheers, HoZy

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester); MSI Neo4 Ultra MSI]

Method: VMware

Hardware: AMD 64 3000+ Winchester, Neo4 Ultra MSI, 1.5GB kingston Value Ram, 20 GB Fire...somthing ATA, Geforce 6600GT PCI-E, sound works, have Realtek Ethernet added :)

Comments: Wrote the Noob Guide http://www.research.gwgaming.net/wiki/index.php?title=Install_%28Wizard%29

Have sound working by following the AC97 guide, adding it in the Nforce section, and the ICH5 section too...
hehe :)

--N/A 14:25, 11 Aug 2005 (CDT)

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TEST

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3000+; DFI LanParty NF4]

Method: Native install using VMWare and the DVD.

Hardware:

  • Working:
    • AMD Athlon64 3000+ (SSE-2 Only) with Maxxuss All-Inclusive Patches
    • DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra D
    • 1 GB VData DDR3200
    • Realtek ALC850 (Works after I changed the dev\vendor id to: 0x005910de and reloaded the kext)
    • GeForce 6600GT 128M PCIex (No Acceleration, Vesa 3.0)
    • FireWire Working
    • USB Logitech Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard, and MX1000 Mouse. (All Buttons on the Mouse work, Media Keys not tested)
  • Not Working:
    • Marvel Yukon Gigabit Integrated Lan
    • NVidia NForce Ethernet Controller
    • Rosetta Doesn't Work. (even with Maxxuss 0.2 Patches...)
    • Conceptronic R54i (Ralink 2500 Based) Wireless Card

Boots native from a Seagate 80Gb IDE HD, and from VMWare as Well (from the Seagate HD also).

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice); Chaintech VNF4]

Method: Connected the hard drive to a Mac for the installation, used Pacifist

Hardware: Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice) 512MB RAM Chaintech VNF4 (nForce 4) ABit RX300SE (Radeon X300SE PCIe, VESA 2.0)

The onboard NIC was not recognized, but a Realtek 8139 based PCI ethernet card worked just fine also a 3com NIC wors perfect.. Kernel panics with errors from the Radeon 9700 driver if you attempt to boot in something else than safe mode. Had to install the PS/2 keyboard/mouse driver from Darwin because I use a PS/2 keyboard/mouse. System is pretty fast, despite using VESA 2.0 video. Haven't tested the audio yet.


--==:: *Addition by Sentertainment.net* ::==-- Method: Patched Generic DVD

Hardware: 19" FujiPlus LCD Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice, OC'ed .5ghz, stable) 2x512MB RAM (1 GB) Chaintech VNF4 (nForce 4) Toshiba 16x Dual-Layer DVD+RW Chaintech GeForce 6200 PCIe Nvidia FX5200 also works but is at 1024x768.


No NIC. No Sound, I've heard some AC'97 chipsets work with new drivers...and others have no supporrt No SATA. PS2 Devices work perfect w/ patched DVD. Only Video mode of 1024x768, but I've heard it can be fixed with some effort. No QE acceleration, but it is said to be in-the-works. System says "Burn Support: Yes (unsupported)" for the DVD+RW, so I'm guessing it will not burn disks. The system runs great, had it on an Old 3gb IDE HD and the system still seemed faster than a single-cpu G4! Just get the sound, NIC,

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3000+ (Winchester); Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9]

Method: Created own VMWare image, used Windows port of 'dd' to write to a 120GB Maxtor IDE drive. Rebooted and changed the boot device to this drive, booted straight away.

Hardware: AMD64 Winchester 3000+ @ 1.8GHz, Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9, 120GB IDE Maxtor HDD, (SATA isn't recognised by OSX), ATi Radeon X700 Pro PCIe, Apple USB keyboard.

Comments: Boots fine into OSX, which is incredibly stable. USB works fine. No sound, built in ethernet does not work. (Network is available over Firewire). Cannot run native PPC apps, presumably Rosetta is crashing. Quartz Extreme is not supported, so no gfx acceleration. DeerPark Alpha for x86 works fine.

If you use an unpatched version of coregraphics, rosetta should run. You are running a SSE2 patched version right now.

It doesn't work with an unpatched CoreGraphics unfortunately. I tried it, and OSX wouldn't boot.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3000+; Asus K8N]

Motherboard Link: http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8n/overview.htm Asus K8N]
Method: Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate,
Installed on the second partition of the second harddrive (/dev/hdc2).

System:

  • USB works fine, but not PS/2.
    • The keyboard is detected if pluged to USB ;-)
    • Mouse works
  • Serial ATA does not work (/dev/hdc is my ata Drive)
  • AI Audio (8-channel Audio) does work
  • built-in Ethernet does not work :-(
  • everything seems very slow (compared to KDE). I believe the NVIDIA drivers of the graphic card are not loaded properly.
  • system pretty unstable.

See here i did this and it really worked wonders on my system, http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/SpeedBoost

Custom AMD [Sempron 2800; Asus K8N]

Motherboard Link: http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8n/overview.htm Asus K8N]
Method: Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate,
Installed on the second partition of the second harddrive.

System:

  • USB works fine, ps2 tested only with keyboard.
    • Mouse works with usb
  • Serial ATA does not work (/dev/hdc is my ata Drive)
  • AI Audio (8-channel Audio) does work
  • built-in Ethernet does not work, added a Realtek 8139
  • system pretty stable.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3000+] Gigabyte K8NS PRO

Method: 1) Created a 10GB partition on a Maxtor 40 GB Hard Drive. (using DISKPART) 2)Mounted the .img file through knoppix 4.8 (E:\tiger-x86>dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=\\ \Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 bs=512 skip=63) 3)Configured boot.ini like this C:\chain0="Mac OS x86" from a darwin image. 4)booted into OSX

Hardware: CPU: AMDAthlon 63 3000+ Mobo: Gigabyte K8NS PRO (nforce 3 chipset) Memory: Corsair 512 MB Graphics Card: ati radeon 9800 pro sapphire. Ehernet Card: Marvell 88E8001

Comments: It runs really slow. I had problems with the keyboard and mouse at first, but i sloved that after rebooting. Dosn't support the ethernet card, no internet. iTunes Safari work great (well i mean there is no internet so i don't know how well Safari works, but it runs. lets see. Oh yea when booting into darwin i had to -x and then boot in orelse it dosn't work. I used this guide: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Install_On_A_Partition_Simple_And_Accurate

-Tabha

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice); ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939]

Method: Installed of a DVD I downloaded onto a spare harddrive.

Hardware (working):

  • Athlon 64 3200+ Venice S939
  • ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Mobo
  • Onboard nForce4 Sound
  • 1GB Twinmos PC3200
  • Sapphire Radeon x700 128Mbs
  • Asus DVD reader
  • Realtec network card (dun remember model)

Hardware (not working):

  • Onboard gigabit LAN
  • Creative Audigy2 soundcard
  • Other onboard gigabit LAN (Marvel something)

Comments: Had to install an extra network card as both the onboard ones didnt work. Got 1280x1024x32 with the unofficial ATI driver on the forum.

!!Sound did not work (AC97 audio that should be enabled with a simple .kext-file edit) until I updated the BIOS version from 1002 to recent (1015). Had a lot of trouble figuring this out as it wasnt documented anywhere else I looked. Hope I saved some of yours time ;)

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3200+ (Winchester); ASUS A8N SLI Socket 939]

Method: dd a deadmoo image I'd played with in VMware 5 onto an old WD parallel ATA (10GB). Did this in Linux FC4. Didn't do anything to the image apart from installing SSE3->SSE2 conversions which is apparently already on there.

Hardware (working):

  • Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester core S939
  • ASUS A8N SLI Mobo (no sound yet)
  • 1GB Kingmax HyperX Ram PC3200
  • ASUS EN6600GT vid card
  • Pioneer DVR109 DVD burner
  • WD PATA 10GB HD
  • iPod mini, 4GB, Gen1
  • Hitachi 2.5" 20GB USB external drive (through Astone ISO100 cage)

Hardware (not working):

  • Realtek NIC (installed tulip.kext and about to see results)
  • On board gigabit LAN
  • On board sound

Comments: Tried to do this with an external Hitachi 20GB laptop drive connected via USB first (hadn't loaded image into VMware yet but I'm not sure this matters), booted to the white mac page then said I had to reboot. Might try again soon. About to boot into OS X to try and get sound and networking, will return with results. USB works, got both my external drive and an ipod to load straight into iTunes. Make sure you remove AppleTPMACPI.kext from /System/Library/Extensions to stop it searching for the mac chip that's in the intel machines, otherwise it will run UBER slow.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice); ASUS A8V Deluxe]

Method: blank physical drive attached raw to a deadmoo vmware session, singled deadmoo with -s, fsck, mount, dd if=/dev/rdisk0 of=/dev/rdisk1 bs=4086 from inside VMWare. Rebooted off the physical disk into bliss.

Hardware: AMD64 Venice 3200+ at 2.4GHz, Asus A8V Deluxe, 200GB PATA on VIA IDE (no sata love), GeForce 6800, Intel Fiber GB seen as AppleIntel8254XEthernet

Comments: Runs very well, not one crash, using x86 Deerpark and Thunderbird. No audio yet and USB is borked. Video is VESA 1280x1024x32 (type "Graphics Mode"="1280x1024x32" at the darwin boot prompt) and works well enough. Rosetta was segfaulting, but I have SSE3, so I copied over the unpatched CoreGraphics from mactel and Rosetta is working now.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3200+; ASUS K8V Deluxe]

Method: Wrote .img file onto a spare hard drive. The command used, from Windows, was dd if=c:\tiger.img of=\\.\PhysicalDisk1. I restarted and changed BIOS to boot off the secondary drive. It worked fine.

Hardware: AMD64 3200+ at 2.4GHz, Asus K8V Deluxe, 60GB PATA drive for OSX, 80GB PATA for Windows and Linux, 250GB SATA on VIA SATA controller for Windows, GeForce 5900, 1GB RAM

Comments: Runs OK, not great, I think I need to do some tweaking. Video card drivers seem to be wrong, among other things. As I said, tweaking will probably resolve the issues. I was surprised when not only my PATA drive's NTFS partition read OK, but my SATA drive worked as well. Onboard ethernet is a no-go.

From another user: Working great for me, after I made these changes: -- Disabled the onboard ethernet, installed a PCI ethernet card -- Replaced my video card (ATI AIW 9600 bad, ATI AIW 8500DV good, NVidia Geforce FX5200 good) -- Deleted file /System/Library/Extensions/AppleTPMACPI.kext -- Installed SSE3->SSE2 patch

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3200+ (Winchester); Gigabyte K8NS-Ultra 939]

Method: Triple Boot XP, Ubuntu, OSX x86 Native (Followed Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate)

Hardware: Athlon 64 3200+ (Winchester), Gigabyte K8NS-Ultra 939, 512MB PC3200, Nvidia Geforce4 MX440-8x 128MB

Comments: Partitioned with DISKPART, Installed with DD for Windows. Sound comes through Logitech USB Headset, no onboard sound or network. SSE2 0.3 Patches worked fine, and runs very smoothly afterwards.

Additional Gigabyte K8NS-Ultra 939 motherboard details:

Method: Using "Generic.Install.DVD"

Audio available through method described in "macx86installpreview2" using the Device ID: 4A4B and Vendor ID: 1002

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3500+ (Newcastle); Abit AV8]

Method: dd'd the VMware image to hard drive

Hardware: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (Newcastle), Abit AV8, 512MB DDR333, GeForce 5700 Ultra

Comments: Used the guide from 360hacker.net. Normal boot works fine, a little slow to boot but fast when logged in. 2D accel doesn't work as expose et al are a little jerky. Onboard ethernet doesn't work, neither did a PCI Realtek 8029 card. Onboard sound doesn't seem to work.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3500+; MSI RS480]

Method: Native using Deadmoo image, 'Simple and Accurate' to copy to partition 5 on second disk, and copied Chain0 to Win XP partition to boot. Using Maxxuss 0.4 SSE2/3 patch.

  • Note, the guide says this will not work on an extended partition, but it boots fine for me.

Hardware:

  • AMD Athlon 64 3500
  • 1GB memory
  • On board RealtekRTL 8169 Ethernet claims it loads correctly, but haven't tested.
  • On board AC97 (RealtekALC658C) won't work at all
  • On board Radeon X200 works OK, but only VESA 2. Can't change resolution as monitor won't support the defaulted refresh rate.
  • USB half works (see below)
  • Doesn't see my SATA (first) hard drive, but recognises the other partitions on my IDE drive.

Comments: Needed to disable USB in the BIOS to get it to recognise the PS/2 keyboard and mouse, but the USB continued to work (for storage card, etc.) for a few re-boots, then mysteriously stopped working. Removed the ApplieIntel*.kext, though I'm not sure it was necessary. Also removed the TPM kext, as it was using 90% CPU Tried to install my Thomson Speedtouch USB ADSL modem, but it fails to load as it notices that the processor is not PowerPC (but why should it check?)

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3500+ (Venice); Chaintech VNF4 Ultra]

Method: Native using xplodenet.com and deadmoo's image

Hardware: AMD Athlon 64 Venice 3500+ Chaintech VNF4 Ultra 1 GB OCZ DDR3200 Realtek ALC850 (Works Great!) GeForce 6600GT 128M PCIex (No Acceleration, Vesa 3.0) D-Link PCI 10/100 Ethernet Card NVidia NForce Ethernet Controller (Not Working) NVidia SATA Doesn't Work, IDE does 160 gb sata *not yet*, 12 gb ide drive Can't get dual-monitors working at the moment. -ehntoo

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3800+ (Orleans?); ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe]

  • Athlon 64 3800+ Orleans (I think)
  • 2 GB Corsair DDR2 800 (Dual Channel)
  • ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe
  • Realtek (something)
  • GeForce 7600GS 256MB PCIe
  • Dual nForce5 ethernet cards (onboard)
  • nForce PATA (working)
  • nForce SATA (not working)


Dual Screens working just fine with Natit, QE enabled as well. Installed with tubgirl 10.4.8, but had to boot linux and remove the AppleIntelCPU(scaling?).kext because it caused a hard, fast crash. Installed Natit and removed Titan. nForce ethernet cards are recognized and load when nforcedeth.kext loads; in fact, I even see their MAC addresses, but they have not functioned yet. nForce SATA can be spoofed a little bit with the AppleVIAATA.kext, but last time I tried the whole system crashed after clicking on Program FIles in my windows partition. Audio works (AppleAzalea; devid modified) only has 2 channel and seemingly no input. My current solution (as I do not have enough ethernet cards) for networking is to use firewire to connect to my server/firewall instaed of ethernet. And just to note, if it weren't for the strange behavior (i.e. can't get DHCP working over firewire, and using firewire eth seems to stop my ipod from connecting), I'd prefer firewire over 100Mbit any day. Oh, also the connection just dies saying that there is no cable. It seemed random at first, but I noticed it only happened when I opened network connections...
-sliverstorm

Custom AMD [Duron 1800; Z7S8X-MX]

Method: deadmoo image to HD via dd port for windows

Hardware: AMD Duron 1800, A7S8X-MX motherboard, 1 Gb PC3200 RAM, Hard drives: (1)SATA 80 GB -Windows XP (2) IDE Drives: 13Gb IDE - Test OS X Drive and 120 Gb Storage Drive, nVidia GeForce FX 5500 8x AGP video

Comments: Crashes almost immediatly, fails the CPU call

Additional comments: Personally, I'm shocked you cant run OS X on a Duron. ITs such a great processor.

--Errandwolfe 22:51, 11 Aug 2005 (CDT)

It doesn't have SSE2. Same with the Athlon XPs. 24.60.190.114 16:30, 17 Aug 2005 (CDT)

Custom AMD [XP1800]

Hardware: AMD XP1800, 512K SDRAM, 40 GB IDE hard drive, ATI Rage Fury 16MB

Comments: Won't boot up at all, verbose mode gives "kdp-poll: no debugger device" error. From above, processor doesn't have SSE2 or SSE3.

Custom AMD [Opteron 2GHz x 2; Tyan S2885]

Method: native boot using a ghost image from deadmoo's VMWare image (Tpm extension removed)

Hardware: 2 x 246 Opterons 2GHZ each, 2GD ECC DDR RAM, motherboard is a Tyan S2885, onboard gigabit ethernet not recognized, Realtek (model?) pci card for ethernet, onboard sound doesn't work = Soundmax?, NVidia Quadro FX 4000 vesa 3, resolution = 1024x768-16 million colours. 80gb WD IDE hd.

Comments: Sound doesn't work, no sse3 (will edit when troy core opterons are found), and nvidia drivers not loading properly.


no wonder


Other user : I can confirm it, athlon XP does NOT have SS3 nor ss2...

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 3200+ Venice; Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe]

Method: Native install from Marklar-Tiger-patched.iso

Hardware: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ "Venice" on socket 939 overclocked to 2.2GHz, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, 1GB DDR 400 @ 440, nVidia GeForce 6600GT PCIe 128MB, 40GB WD ATA hard drive, Lite-On DVD+/-RW DL, Seagate 250GB SATA, Seagate 100GB USB2, ALC850 7.1 audio, nForce 4 GigE, Marvell GigE

Comments: Booted and installed fine, but I can't get past registration as it seems my PS/2 keyboard is unsupported. Would not see my SATA drive, but the IDE and USB2 drives were offered as targets for installation. Networking was not functional. GeForce recognized as VESA 3.0.

Custom AMD [Sempron 2600+; Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 rev. 2]

Method: I used the deadmoo image; made a new 6,5 GB partition type AF and dd'd the imgage to the partition

Hardware: AMD Sempron 2600+ @ 1,6GHz, GigaByte GA-K8VT800 rev. 2, 40GB IDE Maxtor HD, GeForce MX 4000 AGP, Trust USB mouse, Logitech Access PS/2 keyboard

Comments: Boots OK, but I needed to delete the AppleTPMACPI.kext file to make it run fast. I did it, and now it boots in about 15 seconds and runs super fast. Since my processor is SSE2, I applied the Maxxuss patches and now I can use Rosetta etc... with no problems. . My CD-burner (LG) doesn't get recognized, even when I apply that German patch (forgot the name). I can READ Cd's though.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Athlon64 with SSE3]

Method: Patched intall DVD, then updated to hacked 10.4.3 update immediately after install

Hardware: Athlon64 X2 4400+ CPU, 1 gig dual channel RAM, Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 motherboard with Via K8T800 Pro chipset and Via 8237 southbridge, ATI Radeon 9200 SE AGP 8x (VESA 2.0), Benq 16x IDE DVD burner, 2 IDE 120 gig drives, 250 gig SATA drive as main install, USB sound.

Comments: Installed to SATA drive, I use the other two IDE drives for additional storage. I have dual channel memory, so when Darwin boots, it says 1 gig of RAM, and when you check the Activity Monitor is says 1 gig, but About This Mac and the System Profiler say 2 gigs of RAM. The Athlon X2 shows up as two CPUs like it is supposed to, and for sound I am using an outboard mixer, the Alesis MultiMix 8 USB, which is a mixer that has a USB port so it can be used as a USB soundcard as well -- this works just fine with OSx86.

XBench Score: 79.80


AMD Athlon64 3000+ (S754, 130nm)

I used a guide no longer present here, all using Windows.

EDIT: The Guide is still Here

This guide tells you everything, I removed the majority of my explanation cause it's in this guide. I'll leave the step-by-step usage of diskpart, might be useful. The guide is not explaining diskpart very in-depth so take a close look at how I did it, if you can't figure it out from the guide (like I did).

I have 1 hard drive (disk 0), and 3 partitions (5GB NTFS, 60GB NTFS, 10GB NTFS) I want Tiger on my 3rd partition. The 3rd partition's type has to be changed from NTFS to AF. Use diskpart, Start -> Run -> diskpart. The commands (for me) in diskpart are as follows:

  • list disk (lists disks, only disk 0 for me)
  • select disk 0 (tells diskpart to start working with disk 0)
  • list partition (lists partitions on disk 0)
  • select partition 3 (tells diskpart to work with partition 3, 'the tiger partition')
  • delete partition 3 (since it's still NTFS, I delete it first)
  • create partition primary id=af (creates a new primary partition, using all available space and the type is AF)
  • DONE

______________________

  • AMD Athlon64 3000+
  • Asus K8V
  • Sapphire Radeon 9600XT
  • 1GB RAM

Sound doesn't seem to work. Didn't test LAN yet. However, OS X runs smoothly and with the SSE3 -> SSE2 patches I can run iTunes and everything. Works in normal and save mode. Normal mode worked after removing all ATI* drivers from some location in OS X. Don't recall, but you can find it somewhere.

Custom AMD [Athlon 64 X2 3800+]

Working great, nice and smooth with 10.4.7 JAS image

AMD 64 X2 3800+ on an EVGA NF41 mobo (nforce 4 ultra chipset) Onboard sound works fine. EVGA Nvidia Geforce 7800GT graphics Card (working with macvidia driver) Separate realtek ethernet card, did not try onboard nic.

Have to boot with cpus=1 to disable a core, otherwise there is severe slowdown

Athlon64 3000+, Asus A8N-E, GeForce 7600 GS

10.4.8 JAS Image

First I should do is to disable USB latency in BIOS, without doing it install was too slow. After install I was able to boot in Safe mode only, it was caused by my Graphics card, so I had to edit my /System/Library/Extensions/GeForce.kext/Contents/Info.plist string with

<key>IOPCIMatch</key> <string>some text</string>

right like this

<key>IOPCIMatch</key> <string>0x039210de</string>

0392 is my devise ID and 10de is vendetor ID. For your graphics card it can be found "System information" utility.

So it works fine in native mode now, just like a real mac :)

Intel Setups

Acer Travelmate 4000 NLCi

Installation Method:

  • Native installation OSX86 10.4.1 by dd in Xubuntu. Used chain0 method to boot from Windows XP Bootloader.

Working:

  • Video (Intel Integrated Graphics 855GM - No QE and CI due to driver problem) @ 1024x768@60Hz
  • Audio (Conexant AC97 AMC Audio) - Crackling sometimes
  • LAN (Broadcom 440x 10/100)
  • Synaptics Touchpad
  • Integrated keyboard
  • Firewire
  • DVD/CD-RW Drive
  • Intel Wireless PRO 2200bg (3rd driver [1] )


Not Working:

  • PCMCIA Card

Notes:

  • First time OSX boots, type "platform=x86pc -x -v" at Darwin's boot prompt. Delete all "AppleIntel*.kext" files from Finder in /System/Library/Extensions to fix.
  • Do not try the Hard Disk tweak tip, I benchmarked in Xbench both scores and finding the the original was scoring 30% better.
  • OSX keeps saying there is an EHCI USB Bus being overcurrent. The suspect is the DVD/CD-RW drive. Sometimes OSX can detect a disc but most of the time it cannot.
  • Battery is not detected by OSX. Have tried the PowerManagement.bundle trick from forums but unsuccessful.

Acer Travelmate 4000 WLMi

Installation Method:

  • Native installation (tiger-x86-flat.img), with dd for windows and chain0 for enable system boot from Windows XP bootloader.

Working:

  • Video (ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 AGP) @ 1024x768
  • Audio (Conexant AMC Audio)
  • LAN (Broadcom 440x 10/100, onboard)
  • Synaptic Touchpad
  • Integrated Keyboard

Not Working:

  • Wireless INTEL PRO/Wireless 2200BG

Notes:

  • First of all, boot with options platform=x86pc -v -x

login with password (google help you for this search)

  • REMOVE ALL ATI* form Extensions folder
  • Reboot the system.

PS:

  • Yes, it crashes frequently, such as saphary, skype 1.4.35 for MacOs (this one doesn't start).

Acer Travelmate DDR2 4101 WLMi

Installation Method:

Native installation.

Working:

  • Processor sse2 to sse3 patch
  • Video (ATI X700) at 1024x768
  • LAN (Broadcom)
  • Touchpad
  • DVD Burner and CD Burner works in 10.4.3
  • Sound In Out and Microphone
  • Funktionkeys Sound + Brhightness (F4 Screen sleep F6 Screen on off)
  • FireWire
  • Usb

Not Working:

  • Intel Wireless
  • Battery Display

Acer Travelmate 291LMi

Installation Method:

Native installation 10.4.1 deadmoo


Working:

  • Processor
  • Graphics (Radeon 9700 Mobile) (Removed all ATI Extensions)
  • LAN
  • Touchpad (Hang up sometimes)
  • Keyboard (Hang up sometimes)
  • CD/DVD-Drive (Not testet burn functions yet)
  • Soundcard
  • Funktionkeys sound + brightness
  • USB
  • Battery status display

Not Working:

  • Intel Wireless b (2100 3B Mini-PCI)

Acer TravelMate 290E

Working:

  • Video (1024x768x32, NO QE or CI)
  • LAN
  • WLAN
  • Sound


Not Working:

  • Battery Status
  • Sleep

Notes:

  • 256MB RAM
  • WLAN requires broadcom patch from forums

Acer TravelMate 240 Series

Intel Celeron 2700 MHz without SSE3, 855GM


Installation Method(s):

  • used tiger-x86.img + SSE2 patches


Working:

  • Video Works with Quartz Extreme
  • Realtek LAN
  • Sound works with no config, Volume function keys work like a PowerBook, with display
  • ACPI battery status information works.
  • Brightness control keys work


Notes: Edited AppleIntel830.kext and AppleIntel830GA.plugin, but Quicktime shows weird colors and sometimes freezes the system. Sleep mode freezes system. If you get garbled screen at boot, try cold booting with power-off-time > 15sec.

Acer TravelMate 250

P4 2.6ghz without SSE3, 855MG

Installation Method:

  • used 10.4.1 "Generic Install Disk"

Working:

  • Video works with Quartz Extreme
  • LAN works fine
  • Sound does not work at all
  • Wireless does not work at all
  • Battery Information Works
  • Brightness control keys work.

Notes: System is usually grouped with the Travelmate 240 systems, however this uses an upgraded chip and slightly different hardware (which explains the non-working sound.)

Acer TravelMate C110 TabletPC

  • Acer Travelmate C110
  • Intel Centrino 1000 MHz
  • Graphics Intel 855GM (0x35828086)


Installation Method(s):

  • tiger-x86.img and SSE2 patches


Working:

  • VIdeo, no QE
  • USB
  • FireWire
  • LAN
  • Sound
  • Microphone
  • ACPI Battery Status
  • Brightness Control Keys


Not Working:

  • ACPI Sleep (freezes system)
  • WLAN (2200BG)
  • Bluetooth
  • IRDA
  • Volume function keys
  • TabletPC Functionality


Not Tested:

  • Wacom Drivers
  • QE


Notes:

  • You must edit AppleIntelIntegratedGraphics.kext and AppleIntel830.kext make sure you change <string>0x????8086</string> to 0x35828086 this will show some color :) Works fine, but slowly (no QE) didn't try to enable Quartz Extreme yet. (AppleIntel830GA.plugin)
  • iTunes hangs frome time to time.

Acer TravelMate 3202XCi

  • Intel Centrino Technology (Intel P-M 725 1.6GHz, 2MB L2) - Dothan, no SSE3
  • 512MB (256x2MB) DDR333 SDRAM
  • Intel 855GME Chipset
  • ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 64MB (M11) - Darwin detected VESA 2.0
  • ICH4/Realtek AC'97 Audio (ALC202)


Installation Method(s):

  • Installed using deadmoo's VMware image, using Windows dd port
  • Dual-booting with Windows XP, using chain loader (WinXP on first partition, OSX on 2nd partition)


Working:

  • AC97 Sound
  • Bluetooth (Broadcom, built-in USB)
  • Synaptics Touchpad
  • FireWire
  • Volume Function Keys
  • USB
  • DVD/CDRW
  • Video (No QE)


Not Working:

  • CardBus
  • DVD Player
  • Broadcom NetXtreme LAN
  • Battery status


Not Tested:

  • IrDA
  • 3-in-1 card reader
  • burning CDs


Notes: 

* deleted TPMACPI.kext, patched with Maxxus's 0.4 SSE3 to SSE2 patch
* Had to delete the PCCard.kext to get it booting
* Deleted all ATI kexts to prevent yellow kernel panic
* No QuartzExtreme & CoreGraphics, No SSE3, iTunes worked, DVD Player refused to start

Acer Aspire 2012 WLMi

Installation Method(s):

  • Used Xbox 360 guide for triple boot
  • Used Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate


Working:

  • Video (no QE or GL)
  • Battery and Power Saving

Not working:

  • WLAN (2200BG)
  • Modem

Notes:

  • Have to delete all ATI extension files under Darwin shell to boot
  • Deleted ATI* extensions

Acer Aspire 1360

Used "Install on A Partition Simple And Accurate" to dual boot between OSX86 and Windows. Boots up quickly and is very responsive.

After applying Maxxuss SSE3->SSE2 patches v0.4 Rosetta works a treat, installing all PPC software I can throw at it (including Cubase SX 1, my "critical app")

Both USB and Firewire work, although Tiger will not recognise some USB devices (this is a problem with Tiger on PPC as well) I'm unsure as to whether deleting this kext file:

"/system/library/extensions/AppleFPMemDriver.kext"

was essential to get USB to work, but I did it anyway!

Sound works after using the workaround described in the wiki.

Ethernet is a no go at the moment... installed the "Darwin Tulip" driver to no avail, try editing the config like the sound workaround. This may work, but I haven't tried it yet.

Inbuilt Matshita DVD / CD-RW drive works fine, and after applying the iDVD patch, it writes CDs too (although I've only seen 1x writing speeds)

PCMCIA slots aren't even powered, so any PC cards on your system will not work.

Acer Aspire 1610

Os x can boot from a usb HD. No SSE2 (no rosetta), use the 0.4_1 SSE2->SSE3 patch. Audio working. DVD-rom working, no dvd player due to the missing ATI video driver. Internal Wifi working with the lagnat patch (see the forum under "Drivers"), remember to set the wifi to always on from the lounch manager in windows. Boot in -x mode the first time and then delete the ATI drivers.

Acer Aspire 1691 (X600 Version)

Method: Used Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate

  • 1.6 GHz Pentium M (730) (SSE2)
  • 512MB DDR2 RAM
  • 80 GB Hard Drive (Using a 6.5GB Partition to run OS X)
  • ATI Radeon Mobile X600 (Using it as a VESA device)
  • Intel i810 Onboard sound works (Right out of the box)

(But doesn't do well with iTunes without TPM file)

  • Onboard Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit NIC (Doesn't show up on ifconfig)
  • Firewire works
  • Bluetooth works (just click the button on your aspire ;)

Acer Aspire 1692 WLMi (X700 Version)

(Note: This system seems to be very similar to the Acer Aspire 1694 (X700 Version) mentioned below) Method: Used Install On A Partition Simple And Accurate and then patched with Maxxuss' 0.3 patch, followed by the 0.4_1 SSE3->SSE2 patch.

  • 1.7 GHz Pentium M (740) (SSE2)
  • 512MB DDR RAM (2x256MB)
  • 80 GB Hard Drive (Using a 7GB Partition for OS X)
  • ATI Radeon Mobile X700 64MB - (Appears on bootup as a VESA 3.0 compatible device.) (Runs only at 1024x768@32, but the screen is actually a widescreen with native resolution of 1200x800, would be nice if it ran at that resolution) (Videos play fine, the Visualization in iTunes the and screenscaver work fine, but are kind of sluggish in fullscreen mode)
  • Conexant AC-97 Onboard sound works.
  • Onboard Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit NIC (Doesn't work, the en0 device shows up in System Profiler on Network but I can't activate it on network settings and it doesn't show up on ifconfig)
  • Matshita UJ-845D DVD Burner (Working as a CD/DVD Reader and CDRW Drive - Can't get the DVD Burning feature working at all (tested on Roxio Toast 6.1.1) - Says the DVD isn't writable even if it's an empty disc)
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (Doesn't Work - Isn't detected)
  • Built-in Microphone works (haven't tested properly)
  • Synaptics Trackpad (Working - Double tapping works (but you have to enable it in the keyboard/trackpad settings in System Preferences) Scrolling on the edge of the pad doesn't work)
  • Onboard Conexant Modem (Doesn't Work - Isn't detected)
  • Onboard Bluetooth works
  • Onboard InfraRed (Not Tested)
  • USB works
  • FireWire (Not tested, should work though)
  • Battery Monitor Doesn't work (It Doesn't detect the battery)

Special Keys/Key Combinations Tested

  • Volume Control Through FN Key + up & down Keys - Working
  • LCD Brightness Control Through FN Key + <- & -> Keys - Working
  • Special Key Combinations FN + F1,F2,F3 & F5 - Not working
  • Special Key Combinations FN + F4 (Sleep), FN + F6 (LCD Off/On), FN + F7 (Trackpad Off/On), FN + F8 (Mute/Unmute) - Working
  • 4 special keys atop the keyboard do not work.

Acer Aspire 1694 WLMi (X700 Version)

Method: Used the deadmoo image, modified with the latest SSE3->SSE2 patches. While using dd on gentoo it somehow didn't skip the first 63 blocks so had to compensate the 63 blocks on grub's chainloader command (chainloader +63 instead of chainloader +1).

This notebook is about 2 months old.

  • 2.0 GHz Pentium M (760) (SSE2)
  • 1024MB DDR2 RAM
  • 100 GB Hard Drive (Using a 10GB Partition to run OS X - UPDATE: Used This Guide to expand the partition to the full 10GB worked perfectly)
  • ATI Radeon Mobile X700 (Still haven't found a way to use ati drivers (not sure if they even exist for osx86) so I'm using it as a VESA device) (UPDATE: Visualizations work in itunes and screensaver also work, but very sluggish in fullscreen)
  • Conexant AC-97 Onboard sound works.
  • Onboard Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit NIC (Doesn't work, the en0 device shows up in System Profiler on Network but I can't activate it on network settings and it doesn't show up on ifconfig)
  • Matshita UJ-845D DVD Burner (Working as a CD/DVD Reader and CDRW Drive - Can't get the DVD Burning feature working at all (tested on Roxio Toast 6.1.1) - Says the DVD isn't writable even if it's an empty disc)
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (Doesn't Work - Isn't detected)
  • Synaptics Trackpad (Working - Double Tapping on Pad doesn't act as double click,Scroll Button Doesn't work)
  • Onboard Conexant Modem (Doesn't Work - Isn't detected)
  • Onboard Bluetooth works
  • Onboard InfraRed (Not Tested)
  • USB works
  • FireWire works
  • Battery Monitor Doesn't work (It Doesn't detect the battery)

Special Keys/Key Combinations Tested

  • Volume Control Through FN Key + up & down Keys - Working
  • LCD Brightness Control Through FN Key + <- & -> Keys - Working
  • Special Key Combinations FN + F1,F2,F3 & F5 - Not working
  • Special Key Combinations FN + F4 (Sleep), FN + F6 (LCD Off/On), FN + F7 (Trackpad Off/On), FN + F8 (Mute/Unmute) - Working



Acer TravelMate 8000 (8004Lmi Version) [8000series ]

Method: deadmoo image patched on winXP DVD-burn, clean install on new HDD, no additional drivers. 

 * Intel Pentium M735 (1.7Ghz)  - works SSE2 mode                                       [...]
 * Intel 855GME chipset
 * Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG - not working                                              [Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG - not working]
 * ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (128Mb) - Quite quick and snappy despite no HW acceleration [mobility x700 working on 1024*768]
 * 512 Mb DDR
 * Broadcom NetXtreme 10/100/1000 - not                                          [not working]
 * Ambit T60M665 Onboard bluetooth - working                                            [not working]
 * Onboard firewire - seems to work, fw0 device appears and no error messages, but not tested. 
 * AC97 sound - working                                                                 [Realtek High Definition Audio -- not working]
                 USE !USB-Headset, works!
 * Onboard combo card reader, detected but I didn't manage to read a MMC memory card.   [me too]
 * USB controller - working (USB WLAN device D-link DWL-G122 vB1 tested OK)             [works fine]

Misc info 

  * Volume up-down via 'Fn'-keys works, OSX volume lever follows the setting.
  * OSX Battery indicator works, changes from bat-symbol to wall-symbol upon inserting AC adapter, not sure if remaining power calculation works.
  * Pressing the sleep/standby button (Fn-Zz) causes a "kernel[0]: System Doze" event to appear in /var/log/system.log but nothing happens,
    except that the mouse cursor goes away. Pressing any key brings it back again.

Alienware Area-51m

About two years old. P4 2.8GHz, no SSE3. Typical VMware image install. VESA driver, ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 isn't supported (had to delete an associated kext to get it to boot entirely). C-Media sound is not working. No wifi, firewire works, USB untested.

Alienware Area 51m 

 * dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 skip=63
 * Uniwill 766 chipset
 * Pentium 4 3.4 GHz, no SSE3
 * SiS7012 on-board sound (not detected, therefore no sound output)
 * nVidia FX Go 5600 (functional)
 * 1680x1050 native res lcd only runs at 1024x768
 * No built in WiFi, modem untested
 * Realtek 8169 Gigabit Ethernet (works)
 * FireWire untested, USB2 built in, USB mouse works, USB keyboard works

Built in keyboard completely unresponsive, had to plug in USB keyboard which did work fine. Graphical artifacts present, especially noticable when tooltips disappear or typing into the Finder search box (top right of any Finder window). CPU usage by System was high, deleting /System/Library/Extensions/AppleTPMACPI.kext rendered system unbootable, it sat at the initial white Apple logo 'loading' style screen and moved no further.

Alienware Sentia 3200 

* 2GHz Pentium M (755) Centrino (SSE2)
* 1GB RAM
* 855GME Integrated Graphics
* AC97 (Via I think)

Used Knoppix Live CD to resize existing partition (QTparted), then followed the 'Simple and Accurate' guide to format the new partition, and dd deadmoo image over from XP. Chain(0) for dual boot (looking to use second power button on Sentia to boot directly to OS X - need to speak to contacts at Alienware for this). Had to use "-x -v platform=X86PC" to boot in at first.

Ethernet worked straightaway (no wireless yet). Applied Maxxuss' All patches for SSE2. Did NOT apply updated oah750d - applying seems to cause instability in lots of apps. Copied over the AppleAC97Audio.kext from Darwin iso to get sound working. Edited all AppleIntel830 related kext files (and AppleIntelIntegratedGraphics.kext to use 0x35828086, and removed all AppleIntel915 files. This fixed both resolution (1280x800 + QE !!) and not having to boot safemode.

Seems very stable, useable, and fast. Firefox, Thunderbird, MS Office, MSN Messenger, iTunes, Quicktime, USB, 3in1 card reader.... Nice!


AMS E-Cube

  • AMS E-Cube EG65
  • Intel Celeron D 2.26 mhz (478)
  • Graphics Intel Extreme 2 Onboard. (Patched now using QE only works using Win Xp warm boot)
  • AC '97 Onboard Sound working in 10.4.1 & 10.4.3

Installation Method(s):

  • Marklar-Tiger w/Release Patch-1.iso (4gb torrent) choosed SSE3 during set up installation.
  • 10.4.1~3 (600mb update torrent)
  • Maxxus V0.5 SSE3 partial patch fixed my PC' s sleep problems.

(&)

  • 10.4.3 OSX86 8F1111a Jas Patch 4.2b

-Partitioned HD in Disk Utility before Installation. 120GB HD = 60GB Mac OS & 60GB Freespace. Then Installed Win Xp on Freespace after OSX86. Inserted Win'98 CD choose "fdisk" and set OSX86 partition as active partiton. Now Can dual boot and choose in Darwin loader start up menu.

Working:

  • Video
  • USB 2.0
  • LAN
  • Sound (USB & Onaboard)
  • QE Patched now using the "Shuttle 865 method" for 2572 machine ID. (QE only works using Win Xp warm boot.)
  • Sleep Function. (10.4.1 works with MaxxusV0.5 SSE3 partial patch. No Sleep w/ 10.4.3)

Not Working:

  • Real Apple USB Keyboard not recognized in Bios. But PC USB is.
  • No Core Graphics.

Not Tested:

  • Firewire should be fine according to loader & Apple System Profiler.

Notes: With that release of Tiger w/ patches & 10.4.3 updater. I also patched the graphics .kext to enable QE. I really didn't have to do anything but throw out 1 file to get the system up and fast running. Everything is quick and zippy. Sleep function works with Maxxus V.05 SSE3 partial patch. Faster than my G4 Tower.

Asus 845GE-V

Fully works.

kextstat |grep Intel 

  29    0 0xd8d4e000 0x7000     0x6000     com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA (1.6) <28 23 11>
  44    0 0xd8c2b000 0xa000     0x9000     com.apple.driver.AppleIntelIntegratedGraphics (2.0.0) <43 11>
  47    0 0xd8c3b000 0x4000     0x3000     com.apple.driver.AppleAC97AudioIntelICH (1.0.0) <46 23 11>
  54    0 0xd9135000 0x21000    0x20000    com.apple.driver.AppleIntel830 (4.0.0) <52 43 23 11>

load com.apple.driver.AppleIntelIntegratedGraphics will add Quartz Extreme Support.

kextstat |grep -i AC97 

  46    1 0xd8cf0000 0xd000     0xc000     com.apple.driver.AppleAC97Audio (1.0.0) <45 11>
  47    0 0xd8c3b000 0x4000     0x3000     com.apple.driver.AppleAC97AudioIntelICH (1.0.0) <46 23 11>

Besure to use *mic* port to output sound. Funny. I got this info from a lunux forum. But it does work.

Acer TravelMate 240 Series

Intel Celeron 2700 MHz without SSE3, 855GM


Installation Method(s):

  • used tiger-x86.img + SSE2 patches


Working:

  • Video Works with Quartz Extreme
  • Realtek LAN
  • Sound works with no config, Volume function keys work like a PowerBook, with display
  • ACPI battery status information works.
  • Brightness control keys work


Notes: Edited AppleIntel830.kext and AppleIntel830GA.plugin, but Quicktime shows weird colors and sometimes freezes the system. Sleep mode freezes system. If you get garbled screen at boot, try cold booting with power-off-time > 15sec.

ASUS Pundit PH3 Barebone

Method: Used Marklar ISO patched with 'R1' installer patch from OSx86 forum. This creates an actual install DVD, which delivered a perfect install from scratch on HD.

This must be the ultimate MacIntel... Bought this machine to be a HTPC, but for now it will be my Mac. Based on the i915G chipset, it is very close to the Apple developer system. I put in a Pentium 4 Prescott '630', which has advanced speedstep management, execute disable etc. At 3 GHz with 1 Gb RAM, my MacIntel flies. Added a Pioneer 110D DVD burner, which is of course recognized as 'Apple Superdrive'. Heh.

As was to be expected, absolutely everything works. USB, FireWire, Audio (including SPDIF), LAN, you name it. I added a Silicon Image ADD2 card to get a DVI output and a Bluetooth dongle, so now I'm better equipped than a Mac Mini (with much greater speed) for far less money.

And if this developer OS X ever ceases to be... It'll become a Windows XP MCE machine anyway.

ASUS Pundit R350 Barebone

1. Method: I used the DVD ISO for an easiest installation. System works. The Chipset is an ATI RS 350 L with an integrated card ATI Radeon 9100. I put on this a P4 1.7Ghz with 384Mo DDR. There is no QE. Otherwise, PS2, Firewire, USB2, LAN is working except the integrated sound chipset. (I dont know why). As far as I am a beginner, I think that this PC gonna be a MCE for my family, because of the lack of sound. Small contribution from a French guy.

2. I installed JaS 10.4.7 on my pundit-r 350 without any problems, except for the sound card (AC97) not working. I have an Intel celeron 2.5GHz with 512MB RAM. I had troubles with a SATA disk: it installed correctly, but at second reboot the disk was not recognized anymore. I replaced it with a PATA and it's OK.

ASUS L3800s

Method: Installed Mac in PearPC, Darwin in VMWare, and dd to hard disk partition (Boot with GRUB).

  • System works fine

IMPORTANT: in order to run OS you need to substitute Apple ATA driver with the OpenDarwin version need to copy directory /System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext from OpenDarwin to Apple.

I found that OSX runs only with platform=X86PC option!

Native Install

A native install with "Apple.OS.X.x86.10.4.Generic.Install.DVD" also works. You have to use the bootoption platform=X86PC. Only the sound (AC'97) doens't work from scratch. AppleACPIPlatform.kext can also be loaded succesfully.

ASUS L4500R (Notebook)

Installation:
Create a primary partition using diskpart in Windows.
Use dd for Windows to copy a Tiger image file to the partition that I created.
Use chain0 to have dual boot.


What I did after installation:
Removing the followings files that located in System/Library/Extensions
All ATI*
AppleTPMACPI.kext
AppleFPMemDriver.kext

I had also installed the v0.5 Maxxuss patches.

Spec:

  • Intel Pentium M Banias 1.6GHz (SSE2)
  • 512 MB RAM (DDR 333)
  • Hitachi IC25N040ATMR04 40GB Harddisk
  • ATI Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP with 128 MB RAM (Shared memory)
    • Working with VESA 2.0, 1024x768x32@60Hz
  • Toshiba SDR2512 DVD ROM/CD RW combo
    • Not working
  • Sound MAX Integrated Digital Audio
    • Still not working after following the Audio guide.
  • Agere System AC'97 Modem v21340
    • Not working
  • Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller (Ethernet)
    • Detected but not yet tested
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
    • Not working
  • Built-in PS/2 Keyboard
    • Works out of box
  • ALPS Touch Pad
    • Not works out of box. After removing System/Library/Extesion/ApplePS2Controller.kext/Contents/Plugins/ApplePS2Trackpad.kext it works fine including scrolling and right clicking, although it is not detected by the system...
  • USB
    • Works out of box
  • USB Mouse
    • Works out of box
  • Ricoh PCMCIA CardBus Controller
    • Not Working
  • Infrared Port
    • Not Working
  • OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller (Firewire400)
    • Works out of box
  • Built-in Mic
    • Not working
  • APCI
    • Battery level not shown
    • Sleep mode works fine


Xbench Result: 22.4

Any ideas to make more hardware to work?

Asus M6800N Notebook

Installed first patched DVD (doesn't work native) within vmware and dd'ed it to a partition. Installed Linux for triple-booting via grub. For the state my OSx86 is now in, i did following steps:

  • removing all ATI kext's
  • removing TPMACPI.kext
  • removing AppleFPMemDriver.kext (most important)
  • copying AppleAC97 kext from darwin and adding device- and vendor-ID in ist info.plist

My specs:

  • 1.5 GHz Pentium M Banias (SSE2)
  • 512 MB RAM
  • ATI Radeon Mobile 9600
    • Works only in Vesa 2.0 mode
  • 1400x1050 (SXGA+) display - works in native resolution
  • Intel 855 PM chipset
  • SigmaTel C-Major AC97 Soundcard- works fine
  • Toshiba DVD/CDRW combo SD-R2512 - burning works
  • Synaptics Touchpad - works
  • Firewire IEE 1394 - not tested yet, but is recognised by system
  • AC97 SoftModem - doesn't work (and will never, i think)
  • Broadcom NetLink Gigabit LAN - doesn't work
  • Intel 2100B WLAN - doesn't work
  • ACPI
    • Battery level is shown
    • Power button works
    • Suspend mode not tested yet

Asus S5N/M5N

used dd method with deadmoo's image. worked out of the box (-x -v to boot). sound doesn't seem to work - didn't look into it tho. After using the SSE2 patches everything seems to work. Performance is ok here (pentium-m 1.6ghz, 512mb).

After removing AppleIntel830* and AppleIntel915* kext's my S5 boot up in normal mode (no -x). Now Sound and Battery is working out of the box. Nice performance (S5, pentium-m 1,4GHz, 512MB)

used dd method to with deadmoo's image. worked out of the box (-x -v to boot) After removing AppleIntel830* and AppleIntel915* kext's and using the SSE2 patches everything seems to work. but Display : vga-Compatible Controller, Core Image = No supported, Quatz Extreme = No supported. The system work fine with 256 MB. ( S5N, pentium-m 1.4Ghz, 256MB)

(M5200N, Pentium M 1.4G / L2 1M, 768MB)

  • Used dd method on another desktop to dump the image into the HDD and then swap the original HDD into my M5200N.
  • Originally crashed while booting normally and after using -x -v option it booted successfully.
    • OS: 10.4.1
    • Audio: AC97 Audio works with crappy sound, no options available.
    • CD-ROM: DVD Combo works fine.
    • Display: VGA-Compatible Conroller, Kernel Extension Info: No Kext Loaded, Core Image: Not supported, Quartz Extreme: Not Supported.
    • Battery Module works.
    • Ethernet: RTL8139 loaded, works fine.
    • Intel Wireless: doesn't work.
  • Safari crashes very often.
  • iTunes, Quicktime refused to work.
  • D-Link Bluetooth DBT-120 (H/W:B3, designed for OSX only) works fine on this X86 OSX while there was no driver for windows, quite a luck.

Asus A3E (A3000E) Notebook

I used the Generic x86 Install DVD. Installs and runs without any problem. Applied new version of the SSE3 patch and the 10.4.3 upgrade. Works flawlessly.

  • 1.4 Ghz Celeron M (SSE2)
  • 768 Mb RAM
  • Intel 915G Video - VESA 3.0, Quartz Extreme and Core Image work great after Kext edit.
  • Realtek RTL8139 100Mb Ethernet - Works
  • Intel HD sound - Works
  • USB - Works
  • Touchpad - Works
  • Firewire Ricoh R5C552 onboard chip - Works
  • CD/DVD combo drive - Detected and works
  • SD/Multicard reader - Works
  • PCCARD bridge - Works
  • ACPI - Fully working
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG - Not working
  • Onboard modem - Not tested
  • Infrared - Not tested
  • Integrated USB webcam - Not detected, but might work with drivers?


Probably the best Laptop for OSX x86. Everything works except the integrated webcam!

Asus S5N/M5N

used dd method with deadmoo's image. worked out of the box (-x -v to boot). sound doesn't seem to work - didn't look into it tho. After using the SSE2 patches everything seems to work. Performance is ok here (pentium-m 1.6ghz, 512mb).

Asus M6N

Installed by ISO image (10.4.4 upgrade 10.4.5) -Mac.OS.X.Tiger.10.4.4.X86-HOTiSO-

  • 1.6 Ghz Pentimun M (SS2)
  • 512 RAM
  • ATI Radeon 9700
    • Working with VESA 2.0 (1024x768)
  • ATI Radeon 9600
    • Working with VESA 2.0 (1024x768)
  • Ethernet detected but not working :(
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG - Not working
  • Intel AC'97 sound - Works
  • USB - Works
  • Touchpad - Works
  • Firewire onboard chip - Works
  • DVD burner - Not tested
  • SD/Multicard reader - not tested
  • ACPI - Fully working
  • Onboard modem - Not tested
  • Infrared - Not tested

Too bad the ethernet don't work.

Asus V6000 / W3000 Notebook

I used the dd method with deadmoo's image. I have the V6VA20 version, but I believe all V6 (and W3) will work because they got the same hardware, only RAM and CPU speed change.

  • 2.0 Ghz Pentium M sonoma (SSE2)
  • 1 Go RAM
  • Intel ICH6 motherboard chipset
  • ATI Radeon X600 Mobility PCI-Express
    • Working with VESA 2.0
  • Marvell Yukon GigaEthernet - Not working
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG - Not working
  • Intel AC'97 (ICH6) sound - Works
  • USB - Works
  • Touchpad - Works
  • Bluetooth Thosiba onboard chip - Works (you must turn it on before MacOS starts)
  • Firewire Ricoh R5C552 onboard chip - Works
  • DVD burner - Works
  • SD/Multicard reader - not tested (but not listed in system profiler)
  • PCCARD bridge - Works
  • ACPI - Fully working
  • Onboard modem - Not tested
  • Infrared - Not tested

This notebook works with OSx86, the major problem is the network, I could not find any PCMCIA card which work, the only way to have network at this point is Ethernet Over Firewire.


I have a ASUS W3000 and this id worked for me "0x432011AB" remember they sometimes differ. This article helped me. http://forum.insanelymac.com/lofiversion/index.php/t28680.html

http://www.pcidatabase.com/ has a great database of products and their respective device ID's, as well as the ID's of their vendors.

Asus Z9000 Notebook

Method: imaged from a VMWare image I created from the devkit & Darwin, but I screwed up the dd operation and as a result I have very little free space.

This notebook is about one and a half years old. Stars indicate nonworking hardware:

  • 1.7 GHz Pentium M (SSE2)
  • 768 MB RAM
  • 15 GB Hard Drive
  • ATI Radeon 9100 Mobile
    • It doesn't appear this is set up correctly, as I cannot change screen resolutions and so much as previewing a screensaver causes a crash of the preferences dialog.
  • Onboard sound does not work
  • Onboard NIC
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG
    • ust doesn't go, but this didn't surprise me as others have had problems so far.
  • Onboard modem not tested
  • USB
  • FireWire

Pretty much the same for the Asus Z9100 the only thing which crashes is the international settings...

Clevo D220S

Installation Method:

  • Native Mac OS 10.4.1 & 10.4.3 - only with USB-device in second USB-slot

Intel P4 1,8/SSE2 SiS 650 Chipset

Working:


Not Working:

  • Onboard modem

Clevo D400V/470V

Installation Method:

  • dd to disk with tiger-x86-flat.img.

Intel Mobile P4 3.06/SSE2 SiS 648FX Chipset

Working:

  • Video (ATI 9600Pro Mobile/M11) at 1024x768, sadly not native 1440x900, had to remove the ATI*.kexts before it would work without safe mode.
  • LAN (Realtek 8169 Gigabit onboard)
  • USB (not very well, doesn't detect everything)
  • Firewire

Not Working:

  • PCMCIA
  • Onboard sound (Realtek AC97, tried AC97 Patch but doesn't work)
  • Onboard modem

Native installation doesn't seem to like my lappie, hangs with "still waiting for root device" no matter what I do. DD'ing the image over a second partition on the hd worked fine, though.

Compal CL56

(Note: This laptop is sold under many names - mine is a Zepto 4200, but the hardware is identical.)

Method: deadmoos VMWare patched for OS X, currently triple booting xp, linux and os x using grub. dd'ed using bs=512 and skip=63, had to change the id of my partition to "af". don't worry if it say's unknown, should still work.

Hardware: 1400x1050 LCD - 1.7 pentium-m dothan - 512mb pc2700 - 60gb 7200rpm - ATI Radeon 9700 mobility

I had to boot in safe mode and the video doesn't seem to be supported. Make sure you that if you are using an external harddrive that it is off when you attemp to boot or else it might not work. -marc


Method: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Install_On_A_Partition_Simple_And_Accurate
Installed it via Windows cmd prompt (with "bs=32256 skip=1 --progress" takes 5-10 minutes, just as good). I deleted (made backups first, just in case) all the files in /System/Library/Extensions starting with AppleIntel* and ATI* and it boots up without Safe Mode enabled. Not sure if the AppleIntel thing did any good, but the ATI definetely did, since (I suppose) the drivers conflict at bootup. Then I added:
<key>Graphics Mode</key>
<string>1400*1050x32</string>
in the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist - and now sound and everything works - very smooth!
Also, I've noticed that the touchpad seems to have a weird problem - everytime I try to use it, it will disconnect the keyboard and the touchpad it self at some point (I think I've used it for 1 minute without crashing), so it is not really of any use. UPDATE (17/11-05): It only happens when I'm logged ind. Try to log out, move you curser around as much as you like - no problem, works perfect. Log in and it doesn't work again. Makes no sense. Could anyone explain this?
I use an external bluetooth module, which only works if you plug it in AFTER bootup has finnished. Otherwise you can't use it, not even plug it out and in again.

Compaq Presario 2544ea

Method : Maklar Tiger Iso patched with Bender12 Generic patch and Maxxus' patch then.

Hardware :

  • 2,66GHz Pentium 4 (sse2 only)
  • ATI RS200M AGP chipset
  • 2x256MB Ram
  • ATI IGP 340M (Radeon Mobility M7)
  • 40GB 7200rpm HD (clean HFS partition)
  • Teac CD-RW/DVD-Rom Combo
  • National Semiconductor Ethernet
  • Conexant HSF modem
  • ALI 5451 Sound
  • M-Audio Audiophile USB audio card
  • Broadcom Wirelees

No sound for the two devices (wating for M-Audio to release x86 drivers) No modem No Wirelss 1024x768 resolution I have to boot with "platform=X86PC" command Most applications work correctly

Compaq EVO N610c

Compaq EVO N610C - By CrazyJetWolv

All hardware works!

Kexts Here: LAN AND PCMCIA!!!! ( TI 4520 PC Card Bus, PCI-4520 ) [2]


Not all steps may need to be done below, but mine works well after doing them all.

In BIOS: Turn OFF Intel Speedstep Technology (so it works better) Turn ON USB Legacy Support if you need to boot from an external usb drive.

Use Jas 10.4.8 OSX86 Disc for install During install:

Tick Jas Intel Support box Inside Common Hardware tick Laptop Power Management Untick main Languages and printers boxes if not needed (or pick individual ones inside of them)

After install you want to edit your /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist file make sure you have the following:

<key>Kernal Flags</key> <string>idlehalt=0</string>

I presume my screen is 1024x768 natively, trying to set it higher does not do anything on boot up, no QE or Core Image either.

Audio should work automatically from install, use the kexts above to get PCMCIA and LAN working.



by Cele_82

Intel P4M without SSE3, Chipset 845


Installation Method(s):

  • used tiger-x86.img + SSE2 patches + remove AppleTPMACPI.kext

Working:

  • LAN
  • Sound works(sample rate must set to 48KHZ), Volume function keys work like a PowerBook, with display
  • ACPI battery status information works.
  • Brightness control keys work

Not Working:

  • WLAN Multiport W200 Module

Not Tested

  • PCMCIA Slots

Notes: In power options set CPU mode to Automatic instead of Maximum Performance.


=====Compaq Evo 610C 2.0GHZ SSE2 1GB RAM======by Wenle.Z Everything works, but sound doesn't. Also the brightness control is not working. or i just don't konw how to use it. How to make the sound works? I used Viper's 10.4.1 DVD image. The 10.4.3 MaxxU patched doesn't work. it won't even get into the installation. I also have dual boot now. But i still don't know how to install bin files.

Compaq EVO N1000c

Method: Ubuntu (AF requiered)

CPU: P4 1.8ghz (SSE2) RAM: 256mb Working: Sound, network, mic, nice graphique, screen, keyboard, totch pad, toutch stik, USB etc, everything detected and work at full speed, faster than windows :)

Method: Native Install Generic OSX86 Install

CPU: P4 1.7ghz (SSE2) RAM: 256mb Install failed first time around but I continued the install after a reboot and it took fine. Everything is working except for the sound and the Compaq 802.11b PCMIA card. Any ideas as to how to get the sound working? Soundmax internal card.

Compaq Evo N1000v

Everything Works. Dell Wireless pci 1300 card (with a few Tweaks). Shows 512 ram under (About this Mac) (but only 256 in System Profiler). But it is running with 512 as the Activity Moniter shows, So im thinking this is only a minor glitch. No joy with internal modem. Still to fix Graphics issue, works fine but no acceleration.

  1. 1024x768 15" LCD
  2. 2.0 GHz Pentium 4
  3. 512Mb PC2100
  4. 30gb 5200rpm
  5. CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo
  6. ATI IGP 340M (Radeon Mobility M7)
  7. NIC: RealTek (RTL-8139) 10/100
  8. Modem: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi
  9. Sound: Intel onboard
  10. Input device-- Keyboard, Touchpad supported
  11. Wireless Dell 1300 works perfect on 10.4.1 but not 10.4.3

Compaq Evo N1020V

Method: deadmoos VMWare patched for OS X, dual boot with XP. Patched with maxxuss's patch.

Hardware:

  • 1024x768 15" LCD
  • 2.4 GHz Pentium 4
  • 512Mb PC2100
  • 40gb 7200rpm
  • CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo
  • ATI IGP 340M (Radeon Mobility M7)
  • NIC: RealTek (RTL-8139) 10/100
  • Modem: Conexant HSF 56k HSFi
  • Sound: ACER ALI 5451
  • Wireless: ASUS WL-167g

NIC works. Graphics works in VESA mode at 1024x768. Sound doesn't work. There is an AC97 (ALI 5451) but the southbridge seems to be unsupported in Apple's AC97 driver. Wireless doesn't work. Modem not tested. Boots using platform=X86PC. With maxxuss's patch, powerpc applications work flawlessly. Update: Reinstalled using patched DVD. Now it shows battery level, and no longer needs to boot with platform=X86PC (it was necessary for speed reasons). ASUS Wireless USB thumb works with ralink 2500 driver.

Compaq x1000 (specifically x1010us)

Method: using deadmoos VMWare patched for OS X, dual booting XP and OS X with darwin. No second drive necessary -- just using 2nd created partition changed to "AF". Basically following this guide ([3]) to the letter.

Hardware:1010us

  • Processor-- Intel Pentium M (1.6 GHz)
  • RAM installed-- 512 MB DDR SDRAM
  • Hard drive-- 60 GB IDE
  • CD / DVD type-- CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo
  • Input device-- Keyboard, Touchpad
  • Display-- 15.4 in TFT active matrix
  • Max resolution-- 1280 x 800 (ATI Mobility 9200)
  • Audio output-- Sound card
  • Networking type-- Network adapter
  • Modem-- 56 Kbps Fax / modem


Hardware:1010ca

  • Processor-- Intel Pentium M (1.4 GHz)
  • RAM installed-- 512 MB DDR SDRAM
  • Hard drive-- 30 GB IDE
  • CD / DVD type-- HL-DT-STCD-RW/DVD DRIVE GCC-4241N Combo supported
  • Input device-- Keyboard, Touchpad supported
  • Display-- 15.4 in TFT active matrix supported
  • Max resolution-- 1280 x 800 (ATI Mobility 9200)no drivers yet VESA 2.0 running in 1028x764x32....
  • Audio output-- Sound card supported
  • Networking type-- Network adapter supported
  • Modem-- 56 Kbps Fax / modem
  • Wireless Ethernet--Intel mini integrated not supported

Everything works except the built in Intel wireless networking and the Video Card so far..... Hardwire through the ethernet port works fine as does the display, sound, and touchpad. nurv: Does the except include the ATI graphics card? I just want to get 1280x800 but I can't see how! Does any one knows how to do that? You won't be able to until drivers for the ATI 9000 series are available...might be soon since it might be in the latest 10.4.3 seed!

I have been unable to get either of the network adapters working (I have an x1000, not a x1010 or anything else, an x1000). I was also unable to get the screen to go to a resolution of 1280x800. Other than that the OS runs very fast and is very capable. My network adapter is working it's RTL based.....

iTunes, Safari, and others work using the SSE3 -> SSE2 patch. I'm going to try to install iLife and see if I can't get Garageband running.

Compaq Presario V2140

Method: Followed this guide to add OSX to a multiboot system.

Hardware:

  • 1280x 768" LCD
  • intel 82852 Graphics Controller
  • 1.5 GHz Pentium M
  • NIC: RealTek (RTL-8139) 10/100
  • Wireless: Intel PRO 2200BG

NIC works, Wireless doesn't. Only booted in safe mode at first, but after removing the i915* and i830* kexts it now boots in normal mode. Applied maxxuss's patch and now all PPC apps work great.

Compaq Presario dv3100 CTO

Method: Native install. Used JAS 10.4.7, GMA900, COMBO UPDATE, INtell sse3, and sata options.

Hardware:

  • 1280x 768" LCD
  • Single Core Intel Proc

No Ethernet, no wireless, no sound

Compaq Presario M2003AP

Method: Followed this guide to add OSX to a multiboot system.

Hardware:

  • Intel® Celeron M M Processor 360 (#) (1.4GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 400MHz FSB)
  • 15" colour TFT XGA (1024 x 768 resolution)
  • 256MB (1 x 256MB) DDR SDRAM (266MHz)
  • 40GB (4200 rpm)
  • DVD/CD-RW Combo
  • Integrated IntelEx Extreme Graphics 2 (up to 64MB Shared Memory)

NIC works. Sound Works. Responsive and usable. DVDs and CD are read fine. Haven't tried burning. Applied maxxuss's patch and now all PPC apps work great. But every app needs rosetta Even the so called universal builds. I thought you only need rosetta for ppc arch.

Compaq R3000Z (R3140US) [Athlon64 3000+]

Method: Using Xplode's guide, everything went fine. I even made it dual boot with my Gentoo 2005 AMD64 installation, using Grub.

Hardware:

  • Processor-- Athlon64 3000+ 1.8Ghz
  • RAM installed-- 768 MB DDR SDRAM
  • Hard drive-- 60 GB IDE
  • CD / DVD type-- DVD+RW
  • Input device-- Keyboard, Touchpad
  • Display-- 15.4 in TFT active matrix
  • Max resolution-- 1280 x 800 (NVidia GeForce4 MX)
  • Audio output-- AC97 Chipset
  • Networking type-- Realtek RTL 8139 Internal Card
  • Modem-- 56 Kbps Fax / modem
  • Wireless-- Broadcom

Everything works, with some flaws. First, for the network card to work, I need to boot with platform=X86PC - this used to happen in Linux too, and was solved using apic=off. I tried the same on OS X, and it didn't work. When I boot with platform=X86PC, I lose all the ACPI functions (like CPU Throttling), and I can't shutdown - I always need to reboot, then turn off the computer.

The network card only transmits information when I move my mouse - yeah. And it must be the mouse, not the trackpad. Weirdo.

The internal Wireless adapter (broadcom) works with the hack listed on the forums.

The only thing that I truly miss is a NVidia kext. Please apple, just this one! ;)

-- ebf

edit by someone else it's not yet possible to have a widescreen res on a nvidia