Comments on: Hackintosh success, Dell Inspiron 530, Mac OS 10.5.6

By: Sohaill

Sohaill — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:02:44 +0000

Hey,

O.k....... so i did some more reading and........ i don't think i'm willing to spend ridiculous amounts on a i7 with ddr3 ram.

So just a core 2 quad with a minimum of 8gb ram will do

By: Sohaill

Sohaill — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:28:48 +0000

Hey Greg,

Thanks for the tutorial.

I've got an inspiron 530 too. I'm thinking of "upgrading" it to a hackitosh, but i'm a little confused on the hardware front.

First, what mobo should i get that's compatible with hackintosh and supports a core i5, core i7 or at least a core 2 QUAD processor? (I've heard gigabyte has good one's)

Second, how much RAM is supported?(I'd like to get 8gb) and will the hackintosh detect and utilise all the RAM?

Third, if i get a quad core processor, will the hackintosh run with all 4 core's and is hyper-threading supported?

Fourth, will all the firewire and usb sots work? As i'm using an external firewire soundcard.

I'm really sorry if i come off sounding like a pushy noob but, i've looked for some time now and it seems like there are so many alternative methods. Just wanted to make sure i would get a rock solid system before i went ahead with it and invested time and effort.

I'm open to any hackintosh education you are willing to give me. Thanks

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:45:10 +0000

hey, please help me, I have a dell inspiron 530 also. First, i have no clue where to put the “drivers” (i couldn’t find ExtraExtensions, in v5 or v7 of iATKOS iso). I need to put in the drivers for my ATI Radeon HD 3650 and the Intel SATA, if theres anything else i should put drivers in for, let me know please. Help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:33:22 +0000

It destroyed a perfect battery for me too. Mine is still working after a year. I too use usb for sound. The tsc sync never worked but it is as fast as a mac with only one core. What I like is how solid it is, and the flash never skipps or funks along. Ubuntu 9.04 is also very slick.

By: Kendall

Kendall — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:19:24 +0000

I have a Inspiron 530 as well. I am able to get everything working except my microphone. Have you got your microphone working, and if so how?

I have tried many kext drivers and nothing seems to work. I am using OSX86 tools to install my kext files and also using Apple HDA patcher. Most every single kext gives me sound, i just cant seem to get my mic to work. We are using ALC888 drivers from the looks of the device for onboard mic.

Thanks!

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:55:42 +0000

I have no idea. I suggest you do some research on the hardware and find out yourself.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:55:10 +0000

I’ve been thinking about it. I haven’t even picked it up yet, though.

From what I’ve read, it is doable. I’ll probably hold out upgrading the hackintosh until someone packages it. (like iakos) I’m kinda lazy.

By: dinkar

dinkar — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:24:59 +0000

hi ,
i have DELL INSPIRON 1525 laptop . please tell me can i install mac os x in my laptop . if yes then how .
thanks in advance

By: Maturola

Maturola — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:37:49 +0000

Hey man, just wondering if you have look at upgrading to Snow Leopard? I have the same configuration as you but the Video card, I got the 800gt. Anyway I wish i found your post before, Since i got it up and running using very similar steps, but I have to do a lot trial and error.

Anyways... let me know if you have looked into upgrading since that is what I am doing right now and would like to share compare results

By: mac hack

mac hack — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:20:37 +0000

I love these, they sound so easy. Have been struggling to get my e1505 dell sound, (use usb), and that tsc sync thing for the past month. It works really good but has destroyed my battery because of no meter. I have Ubuntu also and is much easier even having to get NVidia and a bunch of other stuff working. Mac is a fun UNix machine, but is very non-intuitive, I thought hey I’ll try that IPC 10.5.6, and my keyboard will not work at all. As I learn more Mac stuff over time I may get it to work before my machine fails outright.