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Call for hardware:

 

I have Spring Break coming up this month, in a couple weeks, and I want to finish up the Wiki and get the new threads up for the DS3L & UD3P. What I need from you guys is hardware details, specifically peripherals, including: Bluetooth adapters, Firewire cards, Bluetooth cards, Sound cards, USB cards, Wifi adapters - basically anything other than a keyboard or mouse that you have found to be compatible (or not) with your Hackintosh. As always, the more details I can get on Video Cards, the better. This way we'll have a rich resource of known parts that are plug-and-play compatible with Leopard, as well as stuff that needs drivers. So whatever you've got - RAID cards, Video Capture Cards, etc., please post the following info:

 

1. Function

2. Manufacturer

3. Model

4. Status

 

For example:

 

1. USB Sound Card

2. Syba

3. SD-CM-UAUD

4. Works 100%, plug-and-play (no drivers needed)

 

This will make it a lot easier for everyone to shop for new, compatible parts. Thanks and be looking forward to Good Things towards the end of the month ;)

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Call for hardware:

 

I have Spring Break coming up this month, in a couple weeks, and I want to finish up the Wiki and get the new threads up for the DS3L & UD3P. What I need from you guys is hardware details, specifically peripherals, including: Bluetooth adapters, Firewire cards, Bluetooth cards, Sound cards, USB cards, Wifi adapters - basically anything other than a keyboard or mouse that you have found to be compatible (or not) with your Hackintosh. As always, the more details I can get on Video Cards, the better. This way we'll have a rich resource of known parts that are plug-and-play compatible with Leopard, as well as stuff that needs drivers. So whatever you've got - RAID cards, Video Capture Cards, etc., please post the following info:

 

1. Function

2. Manufacturer

3. Model

4. Status

 

For example:

 

1. USB Sound Card

2. Syba

3. SD-CM-UAUD

4. Works 100%, plug-and-play (no drivers needed)

 

This will make it a lot easier for everyone to shop for new, compatible parts. Thanks and be looking forward to Good Things towards the end of the month :whistle:

 

USB Bluetooth dongles:

- D-Link DBT-120

- IOGear GBU321

Both are plug and play

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Call for hardware:

 

I have Spring Break coming up this month, in a couple weeks, and I want to finish up the Wiki and get the new threads up for the DS3L & UD3P. What I need from you guys is hardware details, specifically peripherals, including: Bluetooth adapters, Firewire cards, Bluetooth cards, Sound cards, USB cards, Wifi adapters - basically anything other than a keyboard or mouse that you have found to be compatible (or not) with your Hackintosh. As always, the more details I can get on Video Cards, the better. This way we'll have a rich resource of known parts that are plug-and-play compatible with Leopard, as well as stuff that needs drivers. So whatever you've got - RAID cards, Video Capture Cards, etc., please post the following info:

 

1. Function

2. Manufacturer

3. Model

4. Status

 

For example:

 

1. USB Sound Card

2. Syba

3. SD-CM-UAUD

4. Works 100%, plug-and-play (no drivers needed)

 

This will make it a lot easier for everyone to shop for new, compatible parts. Thanks and be looking forward to Good Things towards the end of the month :(

 

I suppose I can leave out the numerous iPods and iPhones as well as USB flash drives and hard disk enclosures.

 

Other than that for me:

 

ATI PCIex16 Radeon HD 3870 Video Card

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd3800/macpc/index.html

No drivers other than the provided offsets (thank you very much by the way)

Driving a Samsung Syncmaster 244T (1920x1200x32@60Hz and a Dell 2005FPW at 1680x1050x32@60Hz)

Put an Arctic Cooler on there as the noise from the stock fan was disgusting

 

Lite-On Sata DVD-RW LH-20A1L

http://us.liteonit.com/us/index.php?option...5&Itemid=67

No drivers needed with no flaws (althouth by far the loudest part of my setup, heh)

 

Hitachi Sata Hard Drives 7K1000.B

No drivers needed with no flaws

 

Logitech USB Premium Notebook Headset

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_c...23&cl=us,en

No drivers needed with no flaws

 

Logitech USB Quickcam Pro 9000

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_c...56&cl=us,en

Logitech drivers used with no flaws

 

Logitech USB Quickcam Pro for Notebooks

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_c...55&cl=us,en

Logitech drivers used with no flaws

 

Logitech USB G15 Keyboard

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboard...98&cl=us,en

No drivers used with no flaws (there are OSX drivers available, but I do not use them)

 

Razer USB Copperhead Gaming Mouse

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mice/razer-copperhead/

No drivers used with no flaws

 

Canon USB CanoScan LiDE70 Photo Scanner

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controll...p;modelid=14003

Canon drivers used with no flaws

 

Lexmark C522n Color Laser Printer

http://www.lexmark.com/publications/eng/c520/index.html

Lexmark drivers used with no flaws

 

APC USB Back-UPS ES 650

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techsp...ase_sku=BE650BB

No drivers needed with no flaws

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APC USB Back-UPS ES 650

http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techsp...ase_sku=BE650BB

No drivers needed with no flaws

 

Great list, thanks! I forget, does OS X have a UPS utility for USB UPS's? (say that 5 times fast, haha)

 

I think it's safe to assume most keyboards/mice/printers/scanners will work. What I'm particularly interesting in is the oddball stuff - USB Wifi, USB Audio, USB networking or other "unknowns". I think we're safe in assuming that any made for Mac USB equipment will work, but if you come across something that isn't specifically made for Mac (like the Syba USB sound stick) and it works, please post that as well!

 

Also, do you get kernel panics at all with your system? I think my new 3870 is overheating on the screensaver sometimes and KP'ing (I have an aftermarket heatsink & fan system).

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Great list, thanks! I forget, does OS X have a UPS utility for USB UPS's?

 

I think it's safe to assume most keyboards/mice/printers/scanners will work, so let's keep it on the weird stuff. What I'm particularly interesting in is the oddball stuff - USB Wifi, USB Audio, USB networking or other "unknowns". I think we're safe in assuming that any made for Mac USB equipment will work, but if you come across something that isn't specifically made for Mac (like the Syba USB sound stick) and it works, please post that as well!

 

Makes sense, but you seemed to want it all :^)

 

As far as a UPS utility, it is kind of like how XP works with a UPS - it appears pretty much as a laptop battery. There is no specific utility, but it will alert you when you are on battery power (you can turn off or on the icon up in the top bar by the clock - i still don't know what that is called yet heh). You can also have seperate profiles for when it is on battery or on AC power so you can effectively sleep or shutdown in a power outage scenario.

 

-shawn

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I have a ga-p35-ds3l and for some reason my cpu fan speed never increases, even when im working the thing pretty hard. I have iStat's cpu meter in my menubar so i can see if im really stressing my cpu, and if i do some video encoding it runs my cpu pretty hard for a while and the fan never kicks up at all. It all works well enough in windows, just not in osx. Is this normal or is something wrong over here?

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Is it safe to move to 10.5.6 yet? I am running 10.5.5 and it is completely stable so I want to make sure that I don't cripple an otherwise very usable system.

 

zadfly

 

Best to make a backup first, but yeah, I've been at 10.5.6 almost since it came out. No problemo. HTH

 

I have a ga-p35-ds3l and for some reason my cpu fan speed never increases, even when im working the thing pretty hard. I have iStat's cpu meter in my menubar so i can see if im really stressing my cpu, and if i do some video encoding it runs my cpu pretty hard for a while and the fan never kicks up at all. It all works well enough in windows, just not in osx. Is this normal or is something wrong over here?

 

In the BIOS, under PC Health Status, set the CPU Smart Fan Control to disabled. This keeps the CPU fan running a full speed all the time so there should be no worries. HTH

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weaksauce12,

 

Is there any USB Wireless that fully compatible with 10.5.6 available at NewEgg?

 

I might have to buy one. Do you have any recommendation?

 

PS. Sorry that I have not check every page in this topic for detail.

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weaksauce12,

 

Is there any USB Wireless that fully compatible with 10.5.6 available at NewEgg?

 

I might have to buy one. Do you have any recommendation?

 

PS. Sorry that I have not check every page in this topic for detail.

 

lol it's 80+ pages, I certainly HOPE you haven't read each page in detail :D Newertech has a 802.11g model ($29) and an 802.11n model ($49) of USB Wifi adapters, both of which should work great on Hackintosh since they are both PC & Mac compatible. I have not tested them myself however (I have a Gigabit LAN setup, so no wireless for me anymore!). Here's the links:

 

http://www.newertech.com/products/mxusb_gb.php

 

http://www.newertech.com/products/usb.php

 

I have created an extra section on the upcoming Wiki for 'verified peripherals', it is a small but growing list, so if you pick something up, let me know if it works or not and I'll add it to the list!

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lol it's 80+ pages, I certainly HOPE you haven't read each page in detail ;) Newertech has a 802.11g model ($29) and an 802.11n model ($49) of USB Wifi adapters, both of which should work great on Hackintosh since they are both PC & Mac compatible. I have not tested them myself however (I have a Gigabit LAN setup, so no wireless for me anymore!). Here's the links:

 

http://www.newertech.com/products/mxusb_gb.php

 

http://www.newertech.com/products/usb.php

 

I have created an extra section on the upcoming Wiki for 'verified peripherals', it is a small but growing list, so if you pick something up, let me know if it works or not and I'll add it to the list!

 

weaksauce12,

 

Thank you so much for your information. If I have to buy one, it is definitely either one of them. And I will surely let you know. :)

 

PS. How is your updated guide? Are we going to have great news soon? :)

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weaksauce12,

 

Thank you so much for your information. If I have to buy one, it is definitely either one of them. And I will surely let you know. ;)

 

PS. How is your updated guide? Are we going to have great news soon? ;)

 

Yup packages are all done (quickie instructions in the README), just gotta finish writing up the new Wiki. This is why I made the Wiki...instructions are constantly being updated because of the rapid advancements in the community. You can snag them now if you want:

 

New DS3L Kit (see Readme for instructions)

 

New UD3P Kit (see Readme for instructions)

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Yup packages are all done (quickie instructions in the README), just gotta finish writing up the new Wiki. This is why I made the Wiki...instructions are constantly being updated because of the rapid advancements in the community. You can snag them now if you want:

 

New DS3L Kit (see Readme for instructions)

 

New UD3P Kit (see Readme for instructions)

 

WOW!!! Finally it has been released. :P I can't wait for the next weekend to install it.

 

I will give you feedback after that. :)

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WOW!!! Finally it has been released. :) I can't wait for the next weekend to install it.

 

I will give you feedback after that. :)

 

Thanks! I have so much trouble doing good time estimates on this project, I always run into a snag with bugs or documentation or something and it keeps extending the release date. It's nice to finally get a solid release out :P Now I just have to finish up the Wiki, haha...

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Thanks! I have so much trouble doing good time estimates on this project, I always run into a snag with bugs or documentation or something and it keeps extending the release date. It's nice to finally get a solid release out :( Now I just have to finish up the Wiki, haha...

 

Thanks SO MUCH for the release, I just reinstalled everything from scratch and it all seems much more stable.

However... I'm having issues with Time Machine. There's some posts around about using EFI studio to add the strings for the Network card. I'm about to go try this now.....

 

Maybe worth you adding something to the guide about this?

Thanks once again!

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Thanks SO MUCH for the release, I just reinstalled everything from scratch and it all seems much more stable.

However... I'm having issues with Time Machine. There's some posts around about using EFI studio to add the strings for the Network card. I'm about to go try this now.....

 

Maybe worth you adding something to the guide about this?

Thanks once again!

 

The Time Machine fix is in the guide. Are you using onboard networking?

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hey weaksauce

 

do you know if the GA-EP45T-UD3P is suitable?

 

the only difference in comparison to your board is DDR3 memory. should work, right?

 

I haven't personally tested it so I can't say for sure, but it's got all the same guts (ICH10R, ALC889a Sound, 8111C NIC) so it should work pretty well I'd imagine. Do you have one handy for testing right now, or are you looking at ordering one?

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I haven't personally tested it so I can't say for sure, but it's got all the same guts (ICH10R, ALC889a Sound, 8111C NIC) so it should work pretty well I'd imagine. Do you have one handy for testing right now, or are you looking at ordering one?

 

i've ordered one already so let's hope so! i will post feedback once i get it up and running!

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i've ordered one already so let's hope so! i will post feedback once i get it up and running!

 

My guess is that it will work great. Let me know if there are any differences in the BIOS betwee the EP45T and the EP45 list of settings in my guide. It will probably be the same situation as the P35/EP35 - EP35 worked fine with my guide (well, once we got the right BIOS loaded! haha).

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Hi Weaksauce...

 

I tried downloading your updated package 1 page back but it says the file is removed. Can you point me in the right direction?

 

Thanks for all your work bud

 

Which one are you talking about, the old Kalyway one or the new BOOT-132 release?

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weaksauce12 Hey mate thanks for your awesome work on this project for are p35 board,

Now here's the question i just installed retail 10.5.4 and everything worked even my ps2 keyboard and mouse then i upgraded to 10.5.6 and now ps2 doesnt seem to wanna work,

Is there anyway around this and drivers for 10.5.6? if so could u make anther boot cd with those drivers included?.

Other wise iam thinkin ill invest in a mac keyboard on thursday when i get payed anyone know if these apple keyboards are nice for the price?

does wireless keyboards work and wat kinda bluetooth usb adaptor do i need?

Thanks heaps advanced if u can answer any these questions :)

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