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@CeleronPopsicle
InfiniteMac community contributor with 16 recorded dispatches, 6 lead technical dossiers (32,741 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 458,776 historical readers.
Dispatches
16
Ranked #484 of 6,691
Author Reads
32,741
Ranked #331 · 6 dossiers
Thread Reach
458,776
Ranked #1,209 in reach
Lead Dossiers
6
5,457 avg reads / dossier
Member Number
#19,543
Joined 2009-12-04
Active Window
2010
2010-01-04 → 2010-11-25
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
MacBook (Early 2009) · 2 GHz Core 2 Duo · 3MB cache · 4GB G-Skill RAM DDR2 - PC5300 · 320GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive · NVidia 9400m 256MB graphics
I chose the ASRock Conroe945g-DVI to be a budget hackintosh for my work computer. I chose it because all the hardware seems to be natively supported. Ethernet, and integrated GMA 950 Graphics work out of the box, sound works with a simple mod,
- Archive Standing
- #484 of 6,691 by Dispatches (16 notes) · #331 of 3,454 by Author Readership (32,741 reads across 6 dossiers) · #1,209 by Thread Reach (458,776 cumulative reads)
- InfiniteMac ID
- Member #19,543 · Joined 2009-12-04
- Location
- USA
- Interests
- OS X x86, Craft Brewing
- Hardware & Kernel Topics
- NVIDIA GeForce (3) · Gigabyte G31M / P35 (3) · Chameleon / Boot-132 (1) · Retail DVD / USB (1)
- Original vBulletin Buddy List (2)
- @Imkantus @lflashl
- Frequent Thread Collaborators
- @Imkantus (3) @NIXin @cili0 @markswell @PHANT0M @bd4utonite2 @virtualdiver @Pitrako @adrimaxi @sammys @junying @andreic @grandflash @cosmopol_b
Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection
Distribution across 3 technical boards
Lead Dossiers Authored by @CeleronPopsicle (6)
32,741 cumulative reads on threads started by @CeleronPopsicle
| Dossier Title & Summary | Collection | Readership |
|---|---|---|
| Native 10.6.3 64-bit MacBook I know this may be the wrong area to post this since my computer is a genuine Apple MacBook, but I figured this forum would be the most helpful due to the hacking nature of the project. I have an Early 2009 MacBook. It's the last of the… | Software & Kexts | 7,304 reads 2010-04-22 · 3 notes |
| Install SL ASRock Conroe945g-DVI I chose the ASRock Conroe945g-DVI to be a budget hackintosh for my work computer. I chose it because all the hardware seems to be natively supported. Ethernet, and integrated GMA 950 Graphics work out of the box, sound works with a simple… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 6,570 reads 2010-10-13 · 1 notes |
| g31-esl2 Leopard to snow leopard upgrade As of now my Hackintosh is running 10.5.8 PERFECTLY I was thinking about jumping to Snow Leopard but the boot 123 and Chameleon method I used before to install Leopard isn't working. I have heard a lot of people say that only SATA optical… | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 6,188 reads 2010-01-04 · 6 notes |
| Celeron and other budget Processors - opinions I would like to gather some opinions on the general user experience of using Celeron or other budget processors in OS X x86 machines. Here's my specs: MB GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L CPU INTEL|CELERON E1500 2.2GHz MEMORY 2G DDR2 800 DVD BURN… | 10.X Core | 4,326 reads 2010-01-18 · 2 notes |
| Mac Mini CPU replace with Celeron A friend of Mine has a Mac Mini with the 1.5 GHz Core Solo CPU. It's too slow for him and he said he'd sell it to me disgustingly cheap. I have a 2.5 GHz Dual Core Celeron e3300 CPU laying around that I had bought for a hackintosh project.… | 10.X Core | 4,197 reads 2010-11-25 · 5 notes |
| iMac G5 chassis ITX board LVDS problems I have a 17" iMac that no longer works due to faulty capacitors on the logic board. My plan is to remove the logic board and custom fit a fanless ITX motherboard into the chassis and use the original SATA hard drive, optical drive, power… | 10.X Core | 4,156 reads 2010-07-28 · 1 notes |
Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (10)
Direct links into threads where @CeleronPopsicle contributed solutions & commentary
| Thread & Dispatch Excerpt | Collection | Date & Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Installing Snow Leopard on ThinkPad X61 “Why is this a good hackintosh? This machine costs as much or more than a MacBook with similar specs.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-03-24 410,328 dossier reads |
| Gigabyte g31m-es2l onboard NIC problem “Elaborating on what lflashl stated... Rev 2 of this board uses an Atheros ar8131 chipset that is unsupported by OS X as far as I can tell. The Rev 1 board used a Realtek Chipset that was supported out of the box. I'm sure that's one of the …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-01-06 7,066 dossier reads |
| Gigabyte g31m-es2l onboard NIC problem “I banged my head against the wall trying to get this resolved on the same board. I ended up just going to the Apple Store and getting a USB ethernet adapter for MacBook Air, which worked like a charm under 10.5.8. Seems pretty fast too. No …” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-01-04 7,066 dossier reads |
| g31-esl2 Leopard to snow leopard upgrade “The Legacy Empire EFI did the trick! Snow Leopard is installed and working nicely. It does, however, boot native to 64-bit mode which seems problematic for my sound drivers. Not a big deal, as my recording interface can double as a playback…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-02-16 6,188 dossier reads |
| g31-esl2 Leopard to snow leopard upgrade “I downloaded Empire EFI (there were a few different versions) but I had no luck with any of them. They just won't mount my Snow Leopard Disk. I have verified that the disk works. I tried using the Disk Utility to partition the second hard d…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-02-08 6,188 dossier reads |
| g31-esl2 Leopard to snow leopard upgrade “I wonder what gives then? Obviously there is a hardware setup that Leopard likes and Snow Leopard dislikes. Could it be the Celeron (Conroe based) Processor? That's the only other hardware factor I could think of.” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-01-12 6,188 dossier reads |
| NO audio on GA-G31M-ES2L Rev 2.0 10.6.2? What is the answer “I am having the same issue on the same board. The version of PC EFI i am using makes SL install the 64-bit Kernel by default. My understanding is that all of the kexts and fixes on the forums only work in 32 bit mode. I am having trouble fi…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-02-13 4,687 dossier reads |
| Mac Mini CPU replace with Celeron “Thanks for the response! That saved me an expensive mistake! Just out of curiosity, would this be possible with core duo and core 2 duo models? upgrade the 1.66 or the 1.83 model to the 2.5 or a quad?” | 10.X Core | 2010-11-25 4,197 dossier reads |
| Mac Mini CPU replace with Celeron “Or, if i wanted to spend a few bucks, would it be possible to upgrade it to a quad core?” | 10.X Core | 2010-11-25 4,197 dossier reads |
| G31M ethernet (NIC) issues. “You probably have the revision 2 of this board which does not use a realtek LAN chipset. It uses Atheros 8131, I believe. There does not seem to be a work around for this one. I have the same board and am using the Apple USB ethernet adapte…” | Snow Leopard 10.6 | 2010-02-13 3,954 dossier reads |