This is a component level hardware compatibility list. We want to keep it as accurate as possible, but please, do not entirely rely on this list when buying hardware. Add which parts you have working in the categories listed below, or create a new category. Please keep alphabetical order inside the categories. The categories themselves are ordered by popularity. Please list any caveats or problems as well.
- ONLY add hardware that you have TESTED. Don't add hardware just because you think it might work.
- Please add hardware into tables.
- This is for 10.4.9 builds only.
Motherboards
A comprehensive list of possible Intel chipsets
PLEASE INCLUDE THE SOUTH BRIDGE TOO
AMD
Abit
| Hardware Name (socket type)
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Chipset
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Notes
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Fully working without patching
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| Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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AsRock
| Hardware Name (socket type)
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Chipset
|
Notes
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Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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Asus
| Hardware Name (socket type)
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Chipset
|
Notes
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Fully working without patching
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| Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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DFI
| Hardware Name (socket type)
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Chipset
|
Notes
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Fully working without patching
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| Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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ECS
| Hardware Name (socket type)
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Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
|
Place holder
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Foxconn
| Hardware Name (socket type)
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Chipset
|
Notes
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Fully working without patching
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| Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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Gigabyte
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
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Fully working without patching
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| Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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Place holder
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MSI
| Hardware Name (socket type)
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Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
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Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
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PC Chips
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Intel
Abit
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
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Albatron
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
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Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
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AsRock
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
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Asus
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| P4P800 VM
ASUS Page
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Intel 865G GMCH / ICH5
|
Everything seems to works smoothly, SATA, network, USB. Audio works stereo, but output jack is mic in by default!
- To fix that (to change it back to the line out) you must modify the file '/System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAC97CodecAD198x.kext/Contents/Info.plist'
- Find the line with <string>ADS75 ADS74 ADS73 ADS72</string>
- Change it with <string>ADS75 ADS74 ADS73 ADS72 ADS70</string>
- The next step is to load the AppleAC97CodecAD198x.kext
With the 10.4.6 myz install disc + jaz 10.4.7 update: video with VESA 3.0 driver, no CI, no QE (no kext load, not even if editing the 830.kext). Recognized as an ADP2,1 (development platform).
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Yes
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Biostar
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
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Place holder
|
ECS
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Epox
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Gigabyte
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Intel
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Iwill
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
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PC Chips
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Tyan
| Hardware Name (socket type)
|
Chipset
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
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| Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Place holder
|
Processors
AMD
| Model
|
Notes
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Recognized as
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Full Work / No Patch
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| Place Holder
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Place Holder
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Place Holder
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Place Holder
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Intel
| Model
|
Notes
|
Recognized as
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Full Work / No Patch
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| Celeron D 325
|
Used JaS 10.4.8 SSE2 SSE3 reseed w/Semtex 8.8.1 + JaS 10.4.9 SSE3 patch w/Semtex 8.9.1, it didn't worked well right away (choopy sound and slower GUI) but I set the com.apple.info.plist "<key> Kernel Flags </key>" entry with "<string>fsb=133</string>" and everything went smoothly!
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Intel Core Solo 2.53 Ghz (right speed)
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Yes / See Notes
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Graphics Cards
Please specify if your card is AGP, PCI or PCI-E.
Also, place chip and board manufacturer in their respective column.
Note: For NVidia users, visit http://www.macvidia.org/ for updated drivers. For NVIDIA CARDS PLEASE SPECIFY IF THE CARD DOES QE/CI. Saying the macvidia drivers work but not specifying QE or CI is a bit misleading.
If you are using the new kernel then download the Titan kext from http://omni.starchaser.org/titan/ to get QE/CI support
Note:These instructions may confuse noobs as they are a bit out of date. As far as i know, the MacVidia drivers do NOT support QE/CI AT ALL. You can use the kexts that come with your OSx86, or the ones from the 10.4.8 Intel update with your card. You may need to replace OpenGL.Framework too. Titan and Natit are merely enablers which make OSx86 think your VGA BIOS card is an EFI Firmware one (as on a real intel mac), and should load before the NVNVDA* kexts. An installer for Natit can be found at [1]. Check the forums for more info.
Note: As of right now, all ATI cards with working kexts have severe slowdown issues with nForce3 chipsets. There is no fix for this, save getting editting out your card from the kext or using Quartz Debug to shut off Quartz Extreme. Edit: Just use agpgart to get no slowdowns at all on nForce3. Joblo10
PCI Express
ATi
| Hardware Name,(VRAM)
|
Chip-Manufacturer / Board-Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
QE / CI
|
Resolution
|
Full Work / No Patch
|
| Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
- Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Intel
| Hardware Name,(VRAM)
|
Chip-Manufacturer / Board-Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
QE / CI
|
Resolution
|
Full Work / No Patch
|
| Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
- Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Matrox
| Hardware Name,(VRAM)
|
Chip-Manufacturer / Board-Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
QE / CI
|
Resolution
|
Full Work / No Patch
|
| Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
- Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
NVidia
| Hardware Name,(VRAM)
|
Chip-Manufacturer / Board-Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
QE / CI
|
Resolution
|
Full Work / No Patch
|
| Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
- Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
AGP
ATi
| Hardware Name,(VRAM)
|
Chip-Manufacturer / Board-Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
QE / CI
|
Resolution
|
Full Work / No Patch
|
| Radeon X1600 Pro (256MB)
|
Sapphire
|
Works out of the box on an ASUS P4P800-VM MB
|
Yes plus Q2D capable (gives a great speed boost on iWork '06 Pages program)
|
Any
|
Yes
|
NVidia
| Hardware Name,(VRAM)
|
Chip-Manufacturer / Board-Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
QE / CI
|
Resolution
|
Full Work / No Patch
|
| Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
- Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
PCI
| Hardware Name,(VRAM)
|
Chip-Manufacturer / Board-Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
QE / CI
|
Resolution
|
Full Work / No Patch
|
| Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
- Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Mobile
| Hardware Name,(VRAM)
|
Chip-Manufacturer / Board-Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
QE / CI
|
Resolution
|
Full Work / No Patch
|
| Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
- Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Sound Cards
| Hardware Name
|
Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| AC97 6-channel audio codec S/PDIF out interface(ADI 1980)
|
Realtek
|
Must patch to get the sound on line out instead of mic in:
- Edit the /System/Library/Extensions/AppleAC97Audio.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleAC97CodecAD198x.kext/Contents/info.plist
- Find the line with <string>ADS75 ADS74 ADS73 ADS72</string>
- Change it with <string>ADS75 ADS74 ADS73 ADS72 ADS71 ADS70</string>
- The next step is to load the AppleAC97CodecAD198x.kext
|
See notes
|
Network Cards
Wired (Ethernet)
| Hardware Name
|
Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| DFE-538TX, Device ID 0x1300
|
D-Link, Vendor ID 0x1186
|
Works without problems out of the box!
|
Yes
|
Wireless
| Interface
|
Standard
|
Device
|
Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Place Holder
|
Other Expansion Hardware
| Hardware Name
|
Interface
|
Device
|
Manufacturer
|
Notes
|
Fully working without patching
|
| ARC-11xx/12xx
|
PCIe/PCI-X
|
SATAII-RAID-Controller
|
Areca
|
UB Beta drivers at Areca FTP. Kernel Panic at boot - boots but unstable with inofficial drivers from areca support.
|
No, unstable.
|
| RocketRAID 2320
|
PCIe x4
|
SATAII-RAID-Controller
|
Highpoint Technology
|
Get Mac Pro drivers from hpt website. Booting works, albeit slow.
|
Yes
|
| RocketRAID 2300
|
PCIe x1
|
SATAII-RAID-Controller
|
Highpoint Technology
|
Get Mac Pro drivers from hpt website, 2310 driver's.
|
Yes
|
| Canon S200
|
USB
|
USB Printer
|
Canon
|
Printer Works Perfectly With the Canon Drivers On The DVD
|
Yes, Fully Working
|
| Dlink PCI USB2
|
PCI
|
Nec USB2 controller
|
Dlink / Nec
|
PCI card is not listed but USB ports works fine as High Speed USB (USB2) native support for nec controller in OS X
|
Yes
|
| Silicon Image 0680 PCI RAID (SiI-0680)
|
PCI
|
PCI ATA-133 RAID Controller
|
Silicon Image
|
Not detected, not supported.
|
-
|
| Manli CPESATA3G
|
PCI-e
|
PCI-e SATA 2 Ports + ATA133 1 Port RAID Controller
|
Jmicron 363
|
needs patched AppleVIAATA.kext like ASUS oboard 363 controller
|
No
|
| Rosewill 2+1 Port Firewire Model RC-501
|
PCI
|
2 External Ports / 1 Internal Port FireWire PCI Adapter
|
Rosewill / VIA 6307 chipset
|
osx86 detects the card, but attached devices do not work
|
No
|
| SIIG 1394 3-Port PCI Firewire Adapter RoHS Compliant
|
PCI
|
3 External Ports / 0 Internal Port FireWire PCI Adapter
|
SIIG / Texas Instruments (TI) TSB43AB23 chipset
|
osx86 detects the card and attached devices seem to work fine
|
Yes
|
| ULTRA IEEE 1394 FireWire PCI Adapter
|
PCI
|
3 port FireWire PCI Adapter
|
ULTRA Products
|
Fully supported, no drivers needed
|
YES
|
| u-Connect IEEE 1394 FireWire PCI Adapter
|
PCI
|
3 port FireWire PCI Adapter
|
Inland Products
|
Fully supported, Generic Via VT6306 card, no drivers needed
|
YES
|
| Logitech 350 USB Headset
|
USB
|
USB Headset with integrated audio
|
Logitech
|
Fully supported, no drivers needed
|
YES
|
| Surecom Bluetooth Adapter EP2102
|
USB
|
USB Bluetooth V2.0, class1 dongle
|
Surecom
|
Fully supported, no drivers needed
|
yes, tested to pair with Nokia 6233
|
| Enhanced Data Rate Wireless USB Adapter (GBU221)
|
USB
|
USB Adapter, with Bluetooth wireless technology, Bluetooth 2.0 spec compliant, Class 2
|
IOGEAR
|
Fully supported, no drivers needed
|
Paired with Moto SLVR, headsets, etc. http://tinyurl.com/36nvw9
|
| MSI US54SE
|
USB
|
Wireless 11g USB Stick
|
MSI
|
ZyDAS 1211b Chip, works on JaS 10.4.8/8.8.1
|
4.5.7.0
|
| CanoScan Lide 25
|
USB
|
USB FletBed Scanner
|
Canon
|
Scanner works perfectly with supplied software!
|
Yes
|
| Sony EyeToy PS2 (VID 0x054C PID 0x155)
|
USB
|
Colour Webcam
|
Sony
|
Works with drivers from http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/
|
Yes
|
| Asus DRW-1814BLT
|
SATA
|
CD/DVD Burner
|
Asus
|
Drivers not needed. Not yet tried: lightscribe
|
Yes
|
