How to correctly setup BIOS for your Hackintosh, built on top of GIGABYTE.
all were nice and fast) before I had to wipe it clean and install the intended Windows Server OS on it. Audio Addict Offline Posts: 1077 Lets not forget that Gerard had it too on. I goofed around with the machine for the past couple days just kind of marveling at an 8-core Hackintosh working perfectly (tested Final Cut Studio, Photoshop, etc. All I had to do was make a custom DSDT file and *everything* worked. I installed a basic Snow Leopard+ Chameleon install with another machine, took the drive and installed it in the server- voila- it booted SL 10.6.1 beautifully. GA-G31M-ES2L or GA-G31M-ES2C motherboard Motherboard driver disk User s Manual One IDE cable. I built a server for a small business based on the SuperMicro X7DAL-E mobo, dual quad E5405 Xeons (771) 16GB FB-DIMM RAM, and a 9600GT video card. View and Download Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L user manual online. I did have some great luck with another type of exotic hardware lately. Tried with the busratio command and without- no dice.īefore I could really screw around with it more I had to just 'Windows-ize' the machine and hand it off to its owner.Īs often with Hackintosh attempts- so close, and yet so far! Ah well!
On reboot- using the boot CD again- if I tried booting from hard drive it just restarted instantly. However, nothing I tried would actually let me boot the installed OS. I was amazed I actually got this far, and was thinking this just might work, as Tonymac suggests just using a legacy kernel and then updating to 10.6.2. With this, it actually allowed me to swap the SL DVD, boot, format my drive, and install 10.6.0. His instructions are to boot non-supported processors with the prompt busratio=20, and I can confirm that without doing this, the machine just reboots instantly if you return past the prompt. Using the i3/530 and Gigabyte H55M motherboard:Īs per google search, I tried Tonymacx86's boot CD for i5. * Verify that the CPU Clock Ratio in "MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)" matches your CPU's multiplier (8x may be default your processor may require 9x or 11x)Ĭlick to expand.Well, actually slightly better than expected. BIOS Settings for the Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L motherboard with F8 BIOS or higher.I'm on F11