RetroRen Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I've searched the forum and found nothing. Does anybody have info on hackintosh support for Phenom & AMD 790FX? Is there any version of hackintosh that supports them? Any info would be nice. TIA Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueray Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Hi, I think an AMD platform is a bad solution for a stress less hackintosh but sometimes working. If you think about new system, use intel based components. regards Marcel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-793103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroRen Posted June 22, 2008 Author Share Posted June 22, 2008 Yep, I know that. However, I already have a working hackintosh based on AMD system with nforce 4 chipset. Leo4allv3, everything works out of the box, i only had to manually instal LAN driver for internet. AMD system is much cheaper for me, I'll be getting a Phenom system with 790fx chipset next month, so I'm collecting info about hackintosh possibilities. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-793199 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgsheen Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Gigabyte GA-MA78GM S2H 780G, SB700, AHCI, Phenom 9550, Chameleon EFI: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-794333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroRen Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 Nice cgsheen 780g working. This is on Zephyroth 10.5.2? Does it hava a chipset driver in the install or you installed it without a driver? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-794388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lixe Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Does the HD 3200 support QE/CI? If so how do i do that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-826292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroRen Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 Is there any news regarding this subject? Any new 790fx/gx experience? thanx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-909381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 I think all you need is the Chameleon bootloader to get phenom to work. I already know that the 790FX chipset does work with OSX, but I had an Opteron 1218 processor on it at the time. I have since built a new system with the GA-MA78GPM-DS2H 780G chipset and a Phenom 9950 and it works great with the Chameleon bootloader. I haven't yet put the Phenom in my old system with a working OSX yet, but it should work. The installation DVD that I used was the one that is called LawlessPPC Phenom AMD something or other. You should be able to find it in the usual places. If you already have a working system at all, you can just install Chameleon to the drive that you want to work, and it should get it going. Basically, EFIv8 does not work with Phenoms. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-910998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydonkey Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Hi guys . I am wondering if someone has any idea about GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 .With 790x chipset .I want to build a phenom pc and i would like to know if this motherboard supports the leo4all osx. Thanks in advance .. ps. i am in a hurry please respond fast !!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-964350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 This board has the same southbridge chipset as the 790FX-DS5 and should work just the same. The one thing you need to make sure of is that you use the Chameleon boot loader on the drive as EFIv8 does not work with Phenoms. This might mean that you need the LawlessPPC Phenom install of OSX instead of leo4all, at least to get you started. Until leo4all includes the chameleon boot loader in the setup, it shouldn't be used unless you already have a working install that you can apply chameleon to before building the phenom system. Good Luck. P.S. The post I made above where I hadn't tried the Phenom in the 790FX-DS5 system is now obsolete as that is the system that I'm running now (see sig). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-964624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
axhi Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Phenom 9850 BE TA790GX nVidia 8600GT USED LawlessPPC 10.5.4 -Worked flawlessly, I am trying to figure out some bugs like the AMD sleep bug and what not, but it runs leopard great. I had logic pro and Final cut pro running at the same time with little to no hesitation from the system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-965289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydonkey Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Thanks a lot guys for your fast response .I ll build mine and i ll let you know the results ... For the time being i am really gratefull..... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-965900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydonkey Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 HI , as i promised this is my pc .I also give some prices i founded.... AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition (2.60 GHZ) 150euro MSI KA790GX (AMD 790GX, SB750 Chipset) 100 euro THERMALTAKE W0101 TR2 POWER 550W 60euro CORSAIR DOMINATOR DDR2 2GB (2X1GB) PC-8500 (1066MHZ) DUAL CHANNEL KIT 60euro Well that will be my next pc i think. ....And now the question is " will it support mac ?" .I hope yes If you like comment to on my pc i would be glad to hear your thoughts.Especially on the mac issue. Thanks in advance... ps.I think my motherboard will determine if it hackintosh comapatible or not. I selected Amd despite the fact that all benchmarks are against phenoms and give the edge on intel ,because i want to use deneb in the future as well....(i ll keep the same motherboard). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-970992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spydey Ninja Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Gigabyte GA-MA78GM S2H 780G, SB700, AHCI, Phenom 9550, Chameleon EFI: Got a question for you, how did you get the chameleon EFI to work with your system? I have an Asus M3A79-T Deluxe (790FX / SB750), Phenom 9950 oc'ed 3.2Ghz, 4 gigs 1066. I have got iDeneb working but I have to run cpus=1 and -x (safemode) to get into the GUI/desktop. I have been told that I need to get a modded bios and to run the fassl dsdt patcher and use chameleon. Any hints or help would be great!!! Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-986044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedd Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Phenom 9850 BETA790GX nVidia 8600GT USED LawlessPPC 10.5.4 -Worked flawlessly, I am trying to figure out some bugs like the AMD sleep bug and what not, but it runs leopard great. I had logic pro and Final cut pro running at the same time with little to no hesitation from the system. Gyah!!!! This is nearly the same exact setup that I'm running, except that I've got a 9950 BE, and an 8800GTX. I've been having problems getting it to recognize my IDE DVD drives (doesn't even see the bus!) and lately, it drops all USB support except for the mouse only 3 minutes after booting, and always after 3 minutes. So, so, so very strange. I'll try the Lawless distro tonight though, I've been using iDeneb3 10.5.5 in the past - wish me luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-986122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydonkey Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hi there guys .... I am here again to ask for your help. I currently have an Asus motherboard M3A78-T 790gx (SB750).I tried to install LawlessPPC 10.5.4 but i get an error (before i get in to graphical installatoion enviroment ,after it loads the kexts files and all the needed files from the dvd) "still waiting for root device"......and its just repeats this message all day... I have phenom 9950 . 2 sata wd hardrives ...1 one of them raptor 10000 rpm... and curently one of them has vista installation and the other xp installation ram =4g 1066mhz corsair dominator.. please help ...thanks in advance......... ps.other mac versions i tried make the file loading crash(hackintosh 10.5.2 kalaway 10.5.2 ...and so on) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-989920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spydey Ninja Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hi there guys ....I am here again to ask for your help. I currently have an Asus motherboard M3A78-T 790gx (SB750).I tried to install LawlessPPC 10.5.4 but i get an error (before i get in to graphical installatoion enviroment ,after it loads the kexts files and all the needed files from the dvd) "still waiting for root device"......and its just repeats this message all day... I have phenom 9950 . 2 sata wd hardrives ...1 one of them raptor 10000 rpm... and curently one of them has vista installation and the other xp installation ram =4g 1066mhz corsair dominator.. please help ...thanks in advance......... ps.other mac versions i tried make the file loading crash(hackintosh 10.5.2 kalaway 10.5.2 ...and so on) Hey, I have almost the same setup, the way that I got it to work was in the BIOS I had to change my system setup from IDE to AHCI. The only downside is that I installed vista using the IDE/SATA drivers and didn't install the AHCI drivers during the install....SO......anytime that I want to boot into os x, I have to go into the bios and change the ide to ahci and if I want to use vista, change the ahci to ide. bummer. I am currently trying to find a way to get all four cores working. I believe that it has to do with the dsdt patches but none of them seem to be wokring so far for me. Also, I have to boot into safe mode to get to the GUI. Slowly but surely I will get there. Gigabyte GA-MA78GM S2H 780G, SB700, AHCI, Phenom 9550, Chameleon EFI: Did you have to do anything special to get all four cores working? I have iDeneb v1.3 10.5.5 and it doesnt use all four cores PLUS....I have to boot into safe mode to get to the GUI or else it just freezes on me at the blueish boot screen right before the login screen appears. Any idea? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-990281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydonkey Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Spydey Ninja thanks for your fast reply...but i am afraid i have already tried this....i switched from ide to ahci but the problem still remains... "waiting still for root device "...Anyway what is the root device ?My primary hard disc ,or the dvd reader?. Any more suggestions how to solve this problem...? I would appreciate if you could support me a little more . Thanks in advance.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-990498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viktor Jaughn Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Spydey Ninja thanks for your fast reply...but i am afraid i have already tried this....i switched from ide to ahci but the problem still remains... "waiting still for root device "...Anyway what is the root device ?My primary hard disc ,or the dvd reader?. Any more suggestions how to solve this problem...? I would appreciate if you could support me a little more . Thanks in advance.... Hey. Have you tried Leo4All v4.1 AMD? I'm pretty sure I saw SB7xx listed under supported chipsets but I'm not 100% sure--my board uses SB600 (albeit also 790FX). Chipsets aside, my Phenom 9950 works fine. The most intensive app' I use is GarageBand '08 (with smaller stuff running in the background), but as far as I can tell it works perfectly (encoding included). Which reminds me; is LawlessPPC any more reliable than Leo4All v4.1 AMD for Phenom processors? I know LawlessPPC claims explicit Phenom support, but is it really anymore optimal than Leo4All? I just want the best experience possible, so any info on that would be great. P.S. Oh, and make sure you install Chameleon after installing Leopard; the copy of Chameleon used by the Leo4All installation DVD is 'live'--it isn't installed to your HDD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-990600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydonkey Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 hi there, well i have tried Leo4Allv5_Server_AMD_Intel ...which i think is more recent from Leo4All v4.1 AMD.......and the result is ....crashing before even loads starts...........But if you insist i ll download one more version....(i have already 20 g of mac software lol ).Anyways i am afraid the "still waiting for root" some how is connected to my "ide" dvd reader...(i think it is ide) .If you can suggest something more i would be more than glad to hear it... thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-990680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viktor Jaughn Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 hi there, well i have tried Leo4Allv5_Server_AMD_Intel ...which i think is more recent from Leo4All v4.1 AMD.......and the result is ....crashing before even loads starts...........But if you insist i ll download one more version....(i have already 20 g of mac software lol ).Anyways i am afraid the "still waiting for root" some how is connected to my "ide" dvd reader...(i think it is ide) .If you can suggest something more i would be more than glad to hear it... thanks again. Oh, OK. Yeah, my drive uses SATA so maybe there's something to that. The "waiting for root device" prompt does usually have to do with that. I'd say, if you're really that determined, try using a SATA optical drive instead. They're real cheap, even the especially fast/dual-layer ones. But maybe you should do some more research before you take it that far. Anyway, I hope OSx86 works out OK for you somehow. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-990749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I'm copying the message I sent to Skydonkey for others: If your problem is booting the DVD, then you hit the nail on the head. It's your DVD drive. There is an option that doesn't require buying a new DVD drive, but it may cost just as much. You need an IDE to SATA device adapter. This plugs into the back of the DVD drive and gives you a SATA connection. The drive will then work with your AHCI controller and should boot. Newegg.com has great deals on SATA dvd drives and you should be able to get one for about $30 or so. The only other option I can think of is to try the old fashion way of installing through VMWare (use the search to find instructions for this) and then booting it normal afterwards. The problem is that you don't have a driver for your IDE controller on the disk. I'm not even sure if there is a driver for the SB750 IDE controller. I had the SB700 and there is one for that. Look in the hardware and drivers section of the forum for the driver. If you can read up a little on editing the extensions on the DVD, you can put the correct IDE driver on the disk and should be able to boot it then. I hope this helps. Honestly, the first two options require the least effort, but do cost money. Good luck, Paul Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-990784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydonkey Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 HI guys Well thanks for your responses and your suggestions.I discovered that my DvD reader uses Atapi connection.Not sure if that makes a difference .Since i dont want to mess with creating osx Dvd versions for my pc ill just go and buy a sata DVD rom .Currently there are great prices 21 euros for a labelflash dvd (like lightscribe but even better ) .The only thing that makes me worry is if that dvd reader is compatible with osx ...I think i ll just have to find out... ps. iam plannig to buy "SONY OPTIARC AD-7203S LABELFLASH BULK SILVER" .Any thoughts about it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-992498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydonkey Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 HI my beloved forum, Well i am proud to report that thanks to mr " Black Knight" i managed to install lawless 10.5.4 on my system .The problem was my atapi dvd player .I bought the sata SONY OPTIARC AD-7203S LABELFLASH BULK SILVER and all worked just fine. Of course on ahci mode.Well thanks a lot guys you have been a great help. Now i try to adapt on the new software.I still need drivers ...for my lan card .Anyways thanks Ps thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-995489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 HI my beloved forum, Well i am proud to report that thanks to mr " Black Knight" i managed to install lawless 10.5.4 on my system .The problem was my atapi dvd player .I bought the sata SONY OPTIARC AD-7203S LABELFLASH BULK SILVER and all worked just fine. Of course on ahci mode.Well thanks a lot guys you have been a great help. Now i try to adapt on the new software.I still need drivers ...for my lan card .Anyways thanks Ps thanks again. Very happy to hear that you got it working. I'm also happy to find out that I finally know enough about this whole OSx86 thing to be able to be sure of a solution. Now you can join the fun of exploring the OSx86 scene. You came in at a good time though, because of the latest releases which make it almost trivial to install. The scene has contributed so much to this project that we almost have (and some of us do) perfectly working mac clones for a significantly less price. With the new voodoo kernel, AMD users can now join in the fun of having a near vanilla install too. That's what I'm working on now. I've successfully booted a 10.5.5 disk from a new macbook pro using only the voodoo 9.5.0 kernel, dsmos.kext, and gfx-strings on the EFI hidden partition. I'm still working on getting some drivers to work, but I'm quite close. If I can get Audio to work with HDAEnabler.kext and the modified ATIRadeonX2000.kext with my deviceID from the EFI partition, I'll be all set. Again, glad it worked for you. Enjoy it. Paul Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/111957-phenom-amd-790fx/#findComment-996531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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