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Install Snow Leopard 10.6 on AMD PC Hackintosh

2 September 2009 by Vinay 76 Comments

Last time we published to Install Snow Leopard (10A432) on Intel PC or Hackintosh, now we got the Modbin’s kernel for AMD systems so it’s possible to run Snow leopard on AMD systems too. Hats off to Modbin for releasing the kernel in such a short time. Please note that the Kernel is still in testing phase so there may be some bugs. Although we have got some successful installation reports like this one from Aryajuanda (Infinitemac). In his thread he used Chameleon rc 2.640 pkg. and PCEFI V10, DSDT patch, Some kexts and Modbin Kernel. The Installation procedure is very similar to our guide on Intel PC, the major difference is we placed the new kernel in the root of volume.

In the following tutorial we used  Snow Leopard build 10A432 GM release (now confirmed that retail disc is build 10A432). Snow Leopard needs a Leopard Install so we need to two hard disk one with Leopard already installed and second hard disk for Snow Leopard. Also you need to download some files needed during the installation so download the files given below. We’ll update these files regularly when the new updates will available.

  • Modbin Kernel, Tools, Kexts, Chameleon 2.0 And Boot file Download Here
  • SMBios.plist Download Here
  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow leopard (Google is Your F.R.I.E.N.D.)

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Phase One

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Step One). Connect both of your Hard Disk one is blank and one is pre loaded with Leopard (10.5.X) already. Boot in to Leopard and launch Disk Utility to partition your second hard-disk with GUID partition scheme. Name the partition what ever you want in this tutorial we assumed Snow.

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  • Make sure that the new volume’s root directory is owned by the root user, just perform the following commands in terminal.

sudo –s

chown 0:0 /Volumes/Snow

Step Two). Mount the Snow Leopard DMG File, an installer window will appear here click on the free space anywhere in windows then press CMD + Shift + G . A little window will appear in the top of existing window in this little window type “Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/” without quotes as given in image below and press Go.

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Step Three). In the next window find the OSInstall.mpkg and double click this package file to start your Snow leopard Installation.

Note : Default OSInstall.mpkg works for GUID partitioned drive only, if you need to install on MBR then google for Modified OSInstall.mpkg for MBR, download modified one and replace with default one.

Step Four). Follow the On Screen instruction and in Destination Select Choose the Snow Partition which you created on a separate blank hard disk.

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Step Five). In customization remove the unnecessary languages and Printers. Sit back and have a cup of coffee installation will take 15-25 minutes depending on your hardware. Once Installation finishes don’t reboot and follow the instruction care fully in phase 2.

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Phase Two

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In the second phase we’ll install Bootloader, some must required Kexts, System Files and Patching the DSDT.

Step One). Open the Chameleon Bootloader Zip you downloaded earlier and install the Chameleon-2-1.0-r640.pkg Make sure to install the Chameleon package to Snow Drive (Where you Installed the Snow Leopard). You can change the install location at the third option while Installing the package.

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Step Two). Launch the “ShowAllFiles” (included in Tools) and click Show. Then Navigate to the root of your “Snow” Drive and delete the “boot” file you see. and replace it with the boot file included with Chameleon Download (you downloaded earlier). After replacing the boot file again launch the “ShowAllFiles” and click Hide.

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Step Three). The most important step, Place the new kernel in the root of volume, Root means in Snow drive where you installed the Snow leopard.

Step Four). Now patch your DSDT, launch the DSDT Patcher (Included in Tools) and select Darwin/Mac OS X in Operating System, Select DSDT Patch in options and before hitting the Run DSDT Patcher button make sure to change the destination as Snow Drive (Where you Installed the Snow Leopard).

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Step Five). Now put the following  kext file, FakeSMC.kext, PlatformUUID.kext, Openhaltrestart.kext, NullCPUPowerManagement.kext” you downloaded earlier and you can also add yours if you needed into /Snow/Extra/Extensions, and copy the Extensions folder in Extra to the desktop, and drag it over “Kext Utility” which you downloaded. Kext utility will repair your permission and generate a new Extension.mkext. Move that Extensions folder and the extension.mkext back to /Snow/Extra

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Step Six). Now launch EFiStudio and look for your Video Card through the drop down menu. Click add device and you will see some alphanumeric numbers, copy these numbers. Add the following code to yourcom.apple.boot.plist in /Snow/Extra.

<key>Graphics Mode</key>

<string>1280×1024×32 </string>

<key>device-properties</key>

<string>Alphanumeric code you generated with EFiStudio</string>

Save and Exit…
Step Seven). Final Step open SMBios.plist and change the UUID with volume UUID With the UUID of your Snow volume. then place the SMBios.plist in to Extra/Extensions. Also place the UUID in the PlatformUUID.kext its located on PlatformUUID.kext/content/info.plist.

Step Eight). Must for those who added any driver kext to Snow/System/Library/Extension, This step will rebuild the Extensions.mkext cache while booted in Snow Leopard. Reboot and go to Single User mode by typing this flag.

-x32 –s

When you are in the console, type the following command

/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mnt -uw /
kextcache -v 1 -t -m /System/Library/Caches/com.apple.kext.caches/Startup/Extensions.mkext /System/Library/Extensions/

Disclaimer : All the instruction and Files are correct in my information. Use this guide on your own risk, we are not responsible for any kind of damage (If Any). Use this guide for experimental purposes only if you likes the Mac then buy a new one

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  • badkid said:

    Hey, i tried ur method, prasys method and one given on inifitemac/insanelymac.

    the problem with me is the kernel panic. with Mobdin test7 kernel

    my Rig is.

    AMD Phenom 2.6 GHz 9950BE
    2GB Corsair Ram DDR 800
    n Biostar TA790GXB A2+ v6.0 ( SB 750 and ALC662 ) -
    Nvidia 8600GT 512 ( Working with injectors provided in 10.5.4 Disc ).

    Everything working 100% in leopard ( LawlessPPC 10.5.4 patched with SB700 Kexts by me, updated yo 10.5.8 ), Even ALC662 works 100% .. shows in System profiler .. n all ..

    I just want to know if Mobdin Test7 kernel supports AMD ( specially mine one ).
    Please mail me ..
    m also available most of the time on
    irc.osx86.hu – in #hackint0sh and #snowleopard.

    Thanks in advance.

  • setu said:

    Hey, i wanna try out snow leopard…but i don’t have pre-installed and i don’t have MAC comp as well.

    Can you suggest me a way to do it?

    my config is
    AMD Phenom ii x4 3GHz 940black
    ASUS M4A78 PRO AMD 780G
    2x2GB OCZ DDR2-1066
    Msi Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express x16

    thx..

  • pkjne said:

    I try it !

    First you mast remove the printer drivers and the other Languages to install the SL.

    I have a question what is UUID ?

    it boots and I’m pressing -v
    after the 2 first lines the screen goes black and nothing happens
    any ides ?

  • Bearwood said:

    This works fine. You guys- Google is your friend.

    I installed this last weekend with no real problems, however I have been forced back to 10.5.7 as Photoshop CS4 doesn’t work well with SL (Can’t save any work!) Also had some problems with print drivers for Epson R800.

    None of my problems are/where related to the instructions on this site. The instructions are clear and easy to follow.
    Google will answer most of your questions – if your care to look. You are dealing with a hacked OS and thus you should expect a learning curve.

  • pkjne said:

    http://img43.imageshack.us/i/img0041x.jpg/

    http://img14.imageshack.us/i/img0042kz.jpg/

    I have a kernel panic can someone help me ?

  • EazySnatch said:

    I have a question what is UUID ?

    Open Terminal
    sudo su
    enter password

    sh-3.2# diskutil list
    /dev/disk1
    #: TYPE NAME …..

    sh-3.2# diskutil info disk1s2 | grep UUID
    Volume UUID: 01868341-39A3-3CC4-84F8-B6EAP9A119D

  • MAGO said:

    Hi there..
    I followed the instructions , but the Snow Leopard installation ends with the following message:
    Install Failed
    The installer could not install some files in “/Volumes/SNOW”.Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

    THe Volume SNOW is already partitioned and the chown command is done too.
    any idea ?

    thanks

  • Rakurai said:

    You can also see your UUID by opening Disk Utility, clicking on the volume you want to know about, and clicking the ‘i’ button on the top left.

  • Vinay (author) said:

    You can’t install OSX and Snow on a same drive, either google for modified OSI.mpkg or try it on another drive (external or internal)

  • Stef said:

    Hi, i tried to do the Install too, but got exactly the same crap as MAGO…

    I did the chown cmd and i think it worked well. ;)
    I also use diffrent HDD for the running Leo and the Snow-Install.

    If someone has any ideas what could be the problem i would be glad to hear.

  • maarten said:

    not working for me again

    My plan was 2 go for triple boot i got one win 7 part one windows xp and unlocated partition for mac os x

    system specs:
    amd phenom II2 x4 955 black cpu
    4 gb buffalo ddr 3 1333 ram
    vapor x – ati radeon 2gb ddr5 trough a 256 mb bus gpu
    samsung spinpoint f1 hardrive
    and my mobo is a 785 chipset
    bios ami 8 mb

  • mat said:

    hey guys,
    one question when formatting the partition where snow leopard should be installed on – should you format it in mac file system or in FAT or in NTFS(by formatting it on the pc firstt) ? thx a lot….

  • Bearwood said:

    Mat: Partition is normally Journalled HFS (Mac) you also need to set Guid partition – see the post, also look at the other install methods available on this site and others.

    For what it is worth the Apple update to 10.6.1 has been out for a few weeks now. On my machine I just installed the dmg as normal and it’s now 10.6.1.

    Also I wouldn’t be in too much of a rush to install Snow Leopard if you plan to work with it. It is ok for web surfing, IM , email can be flacky when attachments are involved. You will most likely have problems saving work from a huge list of programs. I can not save any photos in Photoshop, Pages. This an Apple problem and it really sucks worse than anything MS has put out. I am a long time Debian user and beleive me Apple has stuffed up big time this time. I am sure it will be a great OS when they finally get it sorted. Stick with 10.5.8 til “It just works”

  • NZ said:

    Sorry for silly question but: do I need hard disk with Leo after SL is installed? Can I boot directly from second (GUID partitioned) disk?

  • Shakthi said:

    Hi! great post! i was wondering if you can boot this with a usb drive?
    im going to try it as soon as the snow leopard downloads :)

  • kext said:

    Sorry für die blöde frage, aber was ist die Wurzel eines Volumens?
    Da steht das dieser Schritt am wichtigsten sei :”Place the new kernel in the root of Volume.”Habe den AMD Kernel 432 per Drag and Drop in das Snow Laufwerk gezogen aber hat nicht gebracht.
    Kann mir einer helfen!

  • Kenderrr said:

    all installed nice, but first boot and still waiting for root device. any know solution?

  • Dylan said:

    Hi,
    Just wondering if my PC is able to install it.
    I have a

    AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+
    2.21 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM

    Please email so I know for a fact i am able to do this.

  • Nikola said:

    I did everything from guide, but getting still waiting for root device? Anyone?

  • Nikola said:

    It works perfectly for me, i had just to put nforce kext to /Extra/Extenstions, unless then i had still waiting for root device on boot.

    Thanks for the guide.

  • astroboy said:

    I try it but i get apple then nothing happens, its my video card or my mobo

    Nvidia 9600 gso
    amd 4 core
    Asus Mobo
    3gb

    will try with my pentium 2 due laptop

  • hackme said:

    I followed all the instruction and i get error in dsdt patch…it says build flag…anyways i continued the rest of the procedure and when i finally start snow leopard….after loading some drivers there’s a part where it encounters error and it says pausing for 5 seconds and after that all i get is black screen……

  • hackme said:

    here is my specs:

    Asus M3a78-em
    AMD Phenom 8650 X3
    4 gig of OCZ Ram PC2 8500
    Sapphire HD 4830 512 mb with HDMI, DVI, VGA output

  • jean said:

    gosh
    i have no idea wat happen to my disk
    i have 2 sata disk 1 500 GB another 1 with 1 TB(new one)
    i have my hackintosh running on the first one while i tried to install snow leopard on the second one with GUID but if failed( no idea why)
    After the installation failed i cannot erase the drive and the an error msg appear :Could not unmount the disk [what's going on???]
    could somebody tell me what’s going on with my disk?

    thx

  • zeke said:

    is it possible to install a drive with 2 partitions. one with preinstalled leo and the other for snow leopard?

  • david said:

    hi everyone. I have a problem and hope someone can help me please I downloaded ipc for my amd toshiba a305 and when i try to install from dvd it just runs up to the gray window with the apple logo and the driver stops and that’s all i can do. Please someone tell me what i did wrong

  • Henry White said:

    When I reboot into Snow Leopard how do I get to single mode?

  • Damani14 said:

    Hi! every one
    Can anyone advice me what to do.. I have a original dvd of mac os x snow leopard 10.6 i want to install it in a clone itel Coomputer but the thing is its not boot even if i choose dvd rom as first boot.
    can anyone help me???
    Thanx

  • fr3qnast3 said:

    its a little tricky, but im trying to do it…

    dell sc1435
    2x2ghz opteron
    4gb ecc ram
    broadcom sata and ether
    ati es1000 (will replace with ati4760 after install)

    will report results after a few more days of trials

  • Feferefe said:

    Hi:

    I have one questions.

    1. When I copy the kernel to the root, Did I have to delete the Old or rename it?

    The other thing is when running the DSDT patch, it end with error. I try renaming the kernel to the original name but when reboot, it’s doesnt come out from the apple logo screen. By the way the apple logo have a folder icon above with a censored watermark.

    Thanks,
    Feferefe

  • ajstrobus said:

    I noticed a discrepency in your folder names, your other guide says to put the smbios.plist in the /snow/extra folder & this one says /extra/extensions I got a kernel panic after following this one, that may be why badkid had kernel panic as well.

  • Kyle said:

    Hey so far everything is going smoothly. I installed Snow Leopard via USB connection to a 3.5″ Western Digital hard drive. My problem, however, is that I am unable to install the Chameleon software on a hard drive “not running Mac OS X.” It tells me the only area I can install it to is my Macintosh HD hard drive on my MacBook Pro itself. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

    P.S.
    Being an externally connected hard drive, I am unable to boot into it to attempt to install the Chameleon from that drive.

  • Nathan said:

    ok take that back. rapidshare was down that day. still i am stuck on the part with EFI Studio. want code do i have to copy? the Huge long code in the bottom box or just the actual property’s number?

  • manoli said:

    what the hell???? all this is chineeeeeeeeeese i need to know where the heck to get the mac, from an apple store? a torrent? and the rest is like hibrou!!!! :( :( i realy wanna do this but i dont exactly know howww this guide doesnt help me, plsssss make a video guide thingy so i can know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( please

    p.s. send me the easy stuff i asked for at manoli_sevdalis@hotmail.com
    p.s im only 10 years old i guess why i cannot understand any of this weird stuff!!!!!! plsssss

  • bausard said:

    hi guys i’m new here. May you please re-explaine me how clearly do this :
    “change the UUID with volume UUID With the UUID of your Snow volume”

    thank you for you coming help and BRAVO for your great Guide

  • vinay said:

    hey, first of all post comment with hardware configuration.that can u found in system properties or device manager,then i can help u all

  • vinay said:

    if stuck at can ot find boot device u cant install

  • Jim Williams said:

    I believe it would be the hex code in the bottom window.

  • aakarsh said:

    i’m not having pre installed mac os x
    i tried to install but there was an error that

    “could not update platform uuid”

    can you give me a guide to install snow leopard directly…or some solution to install kalyway 10.5.2

    my computer configuration is

    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ With Gigabyte motherboard with Nvidia 6150 SE Onboard graphics

  • tim said:

    what should I search on google

  • Richard said:

    can my comp run this?
    Specs: DEll insiron 1501 amd sempron 1 gig ram ati graphics card

  • chris gard said:

    i have followed instructions to the letter trying to install on amd eeepc 1005 HA but it hangs on uptime ***nanosecoconds please help

  • sasinth said:

    hi guy i dont ve a pre installed mac hard disc how to install os x

    my config is

    AMD turion 2x
    2GB ddr2 RAM
    nvidia geforce 9400 card

  • Kalyan said:

    hey ppl,
    got the below config. dont hav a mac

    my config is
    AMD Phenom ii x4 3GHz 940black
    ASUS M3A78EM
    2×2GB DDR2-667
    NVIDIA 9400GT 1GB

    please help me out..

  • fr3qnast3 said:

    Rebel EFI (AMD) and SNOW LEOPARD 10a432.

    I used a rebel EFI CD, and I copied SN to a thumb drive.

    It installs and boots, but my video card is a 4670, and its tricky to update to 10.6.2, which has 4670 support…

    reach me thru my youtube if you have questions regarding THIS EXACT INSTALL.

    Have a nice day!

  • carmelo said:

    hello

    I have installed SL 10.6 on my AMD Athlon 64 PC …

    But at boot I have a KP (I can boot into safe mode) :

    here is my KP : http://c.ingrao.free.fr/kp.jpg

    I have deleted (in safe mode) AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext but still same problem ..

    Can you help me please ?

    thanks !

    carmelo

  • skypete said:

    can someone please explain step number 3 please

    Step Three). The most important step, Place the new kernel in the root of volume, Root means in Snow drive where you installed the Snow leopard.

  • Joe said:

    Just curious if anyone has any advise for the “install failed” situation.

    That’s where I’m stuck at. I’ve tried it using two different Snow installers, so I don’t think it’s a defective install disk.

    Jean: I had the same issue about not being able to unmount the drive that the failed install went onto. I found I could after a restart, or in one case, after leaving it alone for a long time (left it on overnight).

    I suspect I have something wrong in my BIOS settings since I’ve also always had trouble with restarts and shutdowns just with Leopard.

    I’ve got an AMD Phenom quad core cpu on an ASUS mobo (Asus M3A78-EM).

    I installed Leopard 10.5.6 using IPC (Voodoo, Chameleon, Seatbelt), but have had no success trying to update to 10.5.8. After I install the updater, I can’t run anything else (like kext changes), and the restart always fails in a KP.

    I’ve read everything I can find on the BIOS settings, but I suspect I’ve got something wrong. Even regular start ups usually take several tries.

  • cbgugu said:

    @Joe
    found this trick on another site same mobo has you. Deselect languages,printer and fonts in the custom install window. It worked for me.

  • John Jo Perry said:

    not working for me!!!

  • Harox said:

    my pc

    asus P5Q turbo motherbord

    ati 4870 1gb vga

    intel core 2 cord q8200

    4GB ram

    500Gb hard

    i want to install mac OS X 10.6 snow leopard somone help me plzzz

  • roguegeer said:

    asus M3A78-EM
    amd 5050e cpu
    4gb ddr2
    sata HD

    asus eah4350 vid*

    installed using retail disc and this guide from existing 10.5.8 purely so i could try and get vid card to run (usually run 3650 in 10.5.8 due to no kext’s for 4350 in 10.5)

    step 4, had to force compile
    step 6… didnt attach device info because i was running the wrong vidcard during install (trying to use this guide to get it to work: http://www.xhackintosh.com/ati-radeon-hd-4350-snow-leopard-qe-ci.html)

    had to start with -x (safe mode) then ran sw update to 10.6.2, messed with my ati2000x.kext (used new version from 10.6.2) can now boot in normal mode, but vid not working yet.

    tried loading ALC888 (audio) via injection, no dice so far, running onkyo usb audio device anyway. so no big deal.

    bonjour still doesnt work (trying pystar v1.04 R1000) didnt under 10.5 either, so no surprise.

    so “works” but still requires quite a lot of tinkering to be usable at this stage. if you have an easier vid card, should be good.

  • mayank said:

    compaq notebook F739 AU
    amd athlon 64 x2
    160 gb hdd sata
    3gb ram
    nvidia nforce 700

    i am install mac os x hdd is not show in disk utility.

    Plz help for this………

  • Manny said:

    Hi, do you need to use Marvin’s AMD Utility? I did the DST patch then rebooted, booted fine. I then did the Marvin AMD Utility and Kext thing, and when I rebooted I got a kernel panic related to CPU information.

  • alay said:

    i am getting the same message as some of the other guys:

    The installer could not install some files in “/Volumes/SNOW”.Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.

    everything copies over then error pops up. Anyone know what we are doing wrong?

    It is an AMD system if that helps..

  • raj said:

    Hey, i wanna try out snow leopard…but i don’t have pre-installed and i don’t have MAC comp as well. I’m tryed it but the pc dosen’t boot with snow leopard.

    Can you suggest me a way to do it?

    my config is
    AMD Phenom 9650 x4 Prosesor
    ASUS M3A78-EM PRO AMD MOTHERBOARD
    4GB DDR2-800MHZ RAM
    500GB HDD

    thx..

  • raj said:

    Hey, i wanna try out snow leopard…but i don’t have pre-installed and i don’t have MAC comp as well. I’m tryed it but the pc dosen’t boot with snow leopard.

    Can you suggest me a way to do it?

    my config is
    AMD Phenom 9650 x4 Processor
    ASUS M3A78-EM MOTHERBOARD
    4GB DDR2-800MHZ RAM
    500GB HDD

    thx..

  • Ashok R said:

    I had downloaded Mac OS X 10.6.2 in rapidshare. It is Working in Intel Based Systems. But in AMD at the time of CD Booting for Mac Installation. It is restating. But in Download Session it is Mentioned as ( SL10.6.1-10.6.2_SSE2_SSE3_IntelAMDbyHazard.iso ). Please tell me the procedure to install Mac OS in AMD Pc and any one send me the Details how to install the Mac OS X 10.6.2

    my config is
    AMD Phenom 8450 x3 Processor
    ASUS M3A78-EM MOTHERBOARD
    2GB DDR2-800MHZ RAM
    500GB HDD

  • Butthead no Beavis said:

    Buy an Intel Motherboard and CPU and all should be less painful and less work. More Kexts to use from the pool of kexts.

    Apple uses Intel and Nvidia

    AMD will continually have problems because the architecture is different over all. Less kexts and lots of customization and DSDT doesn’t always compile even forced.

    Buy Intel and solve your problems

  • Butthead no Beavis said:

    The other thing is this article is just taking bits from the Intel Install, doesn’t mean he actually installed on an AMD.

  • Duncan said:

    So I’ve followed the instructions here several times. When I reload, it says that it “cannot find mach_kernel”. If I rename mach_kernel.test7 to mach_kernel, it recognizes, but has a kernel panic. Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong?

  • Mahmoud said:

    This guide is freaking epic Thanks I’ll Talk With ya later When i’ll be Ready to apply Your Steps

    Thanks in Advanced

  • anTss said:

    hi there ive installed SL 10.6 on my pc. but after installation is done it connot boot to SL on hard drive, it always boot on the optical drive. it cannot continue to tha next phase.

    can yo tell me about this!! plzz

  • Dinos said:

    I instaled the Mac OS X Snow Leopard following all the steps but DSDT patcher failed and when i am trying to boot, the Apple logo appears and then i get a message which telling that i have to restart my computer. Please help!! Here is my specs:

    AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition
    MSI 790FX-GD70
    8GB Super Talent DDR3 1600MHz
    2TB Western Digital Caviar Green SATA II
    ATI Radeon HD 4350
    ASUS Xonar D2X
    LG DVD-RW SATA II

  • Dinos said:

    I also gave -x32 -f -x -v and cpus=1 -f -x -v and they both gave me Kernel panics. Please help!! Thank you very much in advance!

  • Sean said:

    Thanks so much for this tutorial! I followed it exactly and had very few problems. I had to add an AppleNForceATA driver and also use boot option memmax=4096 (I have 6GB ram in at the moment). Otherwise booted up no problem. Also- for anyone who has an nvidia 7000 series (mine is 7600GT) you may have to use the CoreVidia driver in 10.6 even if NVInject worked under 10.5.

    As others have mentioned: the kernel in the download is named mach_kernel.test7. Remove the .test7 and before you do the copy remove the existing mach_kernel (or overwrite it, whatever pleases you). Easiest way is to do sudo cp -R PATHTOFILE/mach_kernel.test7 /Volumes/Snow/mach_kernel. That way you copy and rename in one step- otherwise you have permission problems when trying to rename a kernel. For those of you having problems- take it to the insanelymac forums. It’s too hard to troubleshoot via comments.

  • Jaypee said:

    can i just go straight installing snow leopard instead of installing first tiger then leopard?

  • Tyler said:

    Where to download Mac OSX 10??????????????

  • Brut_Pitt said:

    Great guide!

    I have installed 10.6 on on Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, AMD x2 3800+, NVidia8600GTS and it’s run OK.

    I made some changes because, on first boot, I had the message “still waiting for root device”:

    I have installed the file:
    AppleNForceATA.kext
    in the /Snow/Extra/Extensions and then I have rebuilded “step five”

    I have modified the dsdt.dsl file, changing _NVRAIDBUS in NVRAIDBUS… and recompiled.

    And now it’s ok.
    (I have a PATA HD… I’ll try with SATA in future)

    Network and audio don’t works, for now, but I need to install the drivers.

    Thank so much.

  • Brut_Pitt said:

    Adding for A8N-SLI mainboard…

    This link solve a my problem: “reset CMOS after reboot”.
    http://www.infinitemac.com/f84/snow-leopard-cmos-reset-fix-t3478
    (change dsdt.dsl and recompile)

    This drive works for A8N-SLI integrated network (nForce4):
    http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=125569

    This drive works for Realtec ALC-850 integrated audio:
    http://www.kexts.com/view/186-realtek_alc850_%28ac97%29.html

    Now all works fine!

  • Neil said:

    For somereason, the link for Snow_leopard_AMD_Support_Files.zip does not work on rapidshare, of course. Anyone know of a different link?

  • Hobbyplayer said:

    when i try to start OSInstall.mpkg and when th window is opened there ia an error message saying only “Alert” and “OK” when I klick on OK the installation programm closes, how can i override this?

  • Juan said:

    Hi,

    I dont understand what u mean by a “pre installed” hard disk. I have two 160GB HDD so I was planning to try this guide on my AMD AM2+ phenom @2.8GHz, AUS motherboard. I got the snow leopard DVD.

    Please explain me what u mean by the preinstalled disk.

    Thank you,

    JCrx,

  • 10Pieces said:

    It works!

    It took me about a week to figure everything out but it works.
    Just no onboard sound for the moment but ill get that up and running since it worked with the kalyway 10.5 i used to install this. Oh Just checked my ide dvd drive is not recognized but who uses those things anyway :-)

    So far pretty stable but lets try editing some uncompressed quicktimes in fcp :-)

    k9n neo V3
    ddr2 800
    sata disk
    athlon x2
    nvidia 8600 GT

    ps: it is a bit unclear what you should do with the kernel but you should replace it
    pss: this is no noob guide and the little bit of linux i know did help me understand

    Awsome sauce everywhere!

  • Ajay said:

    where we dawnload snowleopard

  • alex said:

    hello all of you..
    ive a problem with install mac osx on my laptop,i used:

    Hp(compaq) presario v3000,model v3155au
    CPU:AMD turion 64 mobile MK-36
    CPU Instructions:MMX(+),3DNow!(+),SSE(1,2,3),X86-64,AMD-V
    Memory:1Gb
    Grafic card:Nvidia Geforce Go 6150
    but 1): i dont know can i install mac osx on my own laptop or not?
    and 2):if i can do that ,which type of mac osx i can install?
    before i tryed to install iATKOS V7 but during installation i got a error
    mean can not install on your laptop,only for Intel cpu.
    please help me,because i dont like waste my time,im realy tired of trying .

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