Snow Leopard on Asus Mobos/Notebooks

Q: What is a Hackintosh?

A non-Apple computer configured to run macOS using compatible PC hardware combined with a custom bootloader and configuration files to emulate a real Mac environment.

Q: Is building a Hackintosh legal?

Installing macOS on non-Apple hardware violates Apple’s End User License Agreement (EULA). It is generally not illegal for personal experimentation but not permitted for commercial use.

Q: What hardware is best for a Hackintosh?

The best hardware closely matches real Apple systems, with Intel CPUs (6th Gen to Core Ultra), AMD Radeon GPUs, compatible chipsets, and Intel-based Wi-Fi cards offering higher success rates.

Q: Can I build a Hackintosh with an AMD CPU?

Yes, macOS can run on AMD Ryzen CPUs using kernel patches, but Intel CPUs provide better native compatibility.

Q: What is OpenCore?

OpenCore is a modern Hackintosh bootloader that provides near-native macOS behavior and is the recommended bootloader for new installations.

Q: Is Clover still supported?

Yes, Clover is still supported but less recommended compared to OpenCore for modern systems.

Q: Which macOS versions support Hackintosh?

Hackintosh systems support macOS versions from Leopard up to recent releases, depending on hardware compatibility.

Q: Do NVIDIA graphics cards work on Hackintosh?

Only older NVIDIA GPUs work on older macOS versions; modern NVIDIA GPUs are incompatible with current macOS releases due to lack of driver support.

Q: What is an EFI folder?

The EFI folder contains the bootloader, drivers, kexts, and configuration files required to boot macOS on a Hackintosh.

Q: What are kexts?

Kexts (kernel extensions) are drivers that enable hardware functionality such as audio, Ethernet, USB, and graphics.

MaLd0n · July 23, 2011

Hi Maldon, i have a pen drive with snow 10.6.3.

When boot V7 and i selection pen drive, i have a KP.

Can you help ?

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magnifico · July 24, 2011

Daniel only Audio dont work

This is chip audio

ADI® AD1988B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC

ctuprde · July 25, 2011

My PC keeps freezing when i move files around in OS X?

This seems to work now.... However, when i go to do software update -

Remote Desktop Client Update &

Mac OSX Update 10.6.8

I get a kernel panic.

Any ideas as to what it could be?

Cheers

MaLd0n · July 25, 2011

I get a kernel panic

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ctuprde · July 26, 2011

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MaLd0n · July 26, 2011

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update your AppleNforceAta

old bug

ctuprde · July 26, 2011

update your AppleNforceAta

old bug

Updated applenforce to 1.04 successfully, and installed update, but cant boot to it.

Hangs at this screen at startup.

MaLd0n · July 26, 2011

try with npci=0x2000

ctuprde · July 26, 2011

try with npci=0x2000

Ok did that and it booted, but now I've lost gpu support as resolution is not at max.

??

ctuprde · July 28, 2011

Still cant get full res to work, and cant boot up unless arch=i386 is used. This all changed after updating to 10.6.8 and changing to appleNforceATA. kext version 1.04

Any ideas?

Aeandir · August 8, 2011

Hya all,

I followed the instructions, but after the installation, and during the part where you enter your country, keyboard layout and such, my Notebook keeps looping. I get as far as the part where you can use timemachine to copy files from another mac. Of course i don't have one, so i select the lowest option, the one to continue, and click on continue.

IT hangs for a minute or so, with the twirling cursor, so it looks as if he's trying to do something.

From there on it just simply loops back to the welcome screen.

I've reinstalled following your steps once more, but same problem. So it's probably not the installation file.

Am i missing something here?

Mike,

oldnapalm · August 8, 2011

Try booting with -s (single user) and run

mount -uw /
touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
reboot

Aeandir · August 8, 2011

Next problem.

The command ''touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone'', does absolutely nothing. =/

Edit, i got it :3

Aeandir · August 8, 2011

Last problem i hope.

I've fixed a few problems i found, but i'm stuck on two things. For one, the drivers for the Asus U50F. Secondly, i have to have the DVD in the tray to be able to boot Macintosh. Any other way? Without the DVD it'll just go to the chameleon bootmanager, i press enter, and it'll reboot, and the cycle of going to the bootmanager begins again.

Any help would be awsome.

oldnapalm · August 8, 2011

Post the laptop specs

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=63

If the CPU is a Core i you need to update the system to be able to boot from HD with vanilla kernel, it won't work with 10.6-10.6.3.

Aeandir · August 8, 2011

Not a single device works on it, aside from DVD tray. So instead of downloading, burning, transmitting specs from Notebook back to DVD somehow, possibly burning, and posting it trough my other PC, it seems easier and smarter to just give you a link to the specs of my Notebook.

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus-u50f-rbbag05/4507-3121_7-33974718.html?tag=lwrspecs

Hope that'll do.

I'm thinking of doing another clean install as well. I tried to update to 1.5.3, but alas. It gave me a new error message. It kept asking to reboot for the installation.

Edit: I was running from a kalyway 1.5.2 version btw. It was the only one i could find that would even boot.

I will await your answer, follow whatever tips you have, and pray i can get it fixed before tomorrow. Else it's back to good 'ol windows for the meantime. I need a working Notebook for my work

Mike

oldnapalm · August 8, 2011

The info on that site doesn't help, we need the vendor/device IDs.

Aeandir · August 8, 2011

The info on that site doesn't help, we need the vendor/device IDs.

Any other way i might find that? If not, you'll have to excuse me for half a hour or so.

oldnapalm · August 8, 2011

You can run the app in Windows.

Kalyway 10.5.2 is a Leopard distro, not Snow Leopard. Core i3 CPU is supported in 10.6.4 or later.

Aeandir · August 8, 2011

You can run the app in Windows.

Kalyway 10.5.2 is a Leopard distro, not Snow Leopard. Core i3 CPU is supported in 10.6.4 or later.

So for running OS X. What do you advise me then? Aside from buying a Macintosh.

Download a Snow Leopard DVD and redo the entire guide? To bad my GF just left with her original DVD ><

oldnapalm · August 8, 2011

Yes, use a retail Snow Leopard DVD and update to latest version (10.6.8).

Aeandir · August 8, 2011

Yes, use a retail Snow Leopard DVD and update to latest version (10.6.8).

Then that's what i'll do. I'll post as soon as i squeezed it on a USB, and when the installation is underway.

So far, ty for yer help!

t20 · August 13, 2011

Hi I'm a newbie to all of this, my friend linked me to this forum and so far it's been helping me out a lot (i've been lurking )

The problem I'm having though is that can a .dmg file be split? I haven't *bought* a retail copy of snow leopard yet as it will take days to deliver, and I wanted to get this done now, also I wasn't sure if it would work at all. So I downloaded a .dmg image of snow 10.6 ( I will buy a retail copy once i'm confident hackintosh works on my machine, I'm just experimenting) but the file is 7.6gb! I don't have a dual layer burner, so I was wondering if the .dmg can be split onto 2 blank DVD's, and will it install as normal?

MaLd0n · August 13, 2011

Hi I'm a newbie to all of this, my friend linked me to this forum and so far it's been helping me out a lot (i've been lurking )

The problem I'm having though is that can a .dmg file be split? I haven't *bought* a retail copy of snow leopard yet as it will take days to deliver, and I wanted to get this done now, also I wasn't sure if it would work at all. So I downloaded a .dmg image of snow 10.6 ( I will buy a retail copy once i'm confident hackintosh works on my machine, I'm just experimenting) but the file is 7.6gb! I don't have a dual layer burner, so I was wondering if the .dmg can be split onto 2 blank DVD's, and will it install as normal?

restore to USB Stick

after

let the flash drive connected and boot from cd

t20 · August 13, 2011

restore to USB Stick

after

let the flash drive connected and boot from cd

How would I go about doing that? And at what stage of the process would I connect the USB for OSX to install?

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