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Of course, the key component. Gigabyte ep35-ds3l. Works perfectly vanilla. If you're looking to build a hackintosh, buy that board (I paid $50 from ZZF clearance for a new board) and use the guide for the regular P35-ds3l. They function the same. F5 bios is fine, that's what I use.
 
taylorwilsdon said:
Of course, the key component. Gigabyte ep35-ds3l. Works perfectly vanilla. If you're looking to build a hackintosh, buy that board (I paid $50 from ZZF clearance for a new board) and use the guide for the regular P35-ds3l. They function the same. F5 bios is fine, that's what I use.
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Sweet, because I'm ordering all of my stuff for this tonight and am going to buy that exact same board :)

My little Hackintosh is going to cost a grand total of $235! Not bad. It should perform about on par with a higher end iMac.

Of course, when the new Macbooks come out... I'll probably get one of those, too.
 
UncleDavid218 said:
Sweet, because I'm ordering all of my stuff for this tonight and am going to buy that exact same board :)
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Good stuff. Here are some tips from my hours of painful trial and error.

Buy SATA everything. You can fiddle with ide and kinda sorta make it work, but its so not worth it - kernel panics everywhere, most distributions won't boot, etc.

Buy a SATA DVD and SATA HD. I used IDE both and had a world of troubles. Bought an SATA HD and used a IDE->USB adapter for the DVD drive and it was smooth sailing. And yes, I used the jmicron ide chameleon patch... still didn't work until I went SATA.

Otherwise, its very straightforward. Don't choose Vanilla on your first try, you need to install a hacked kernel (like sleep) before you do a vanilla install.

Kalyway 10.5.2 is the best I've found for this mobo, and this guide is very helpful:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=86167&hl=p35-ds3l

There's a better guide (called Leopard Soup) but I can't find it right now.

The install is super easy and faster than an XP install. Mine took about 15 minutes from disk in the drive, first boot to an up and running Leopard desktop. I used Nvinject and Nvinstaller to get my graphics card up and running perfectly and everything is gravy.
 
taylorwilsdon said:
Good stuff. Here are some tips from my hours of painful trial and error.

Buy SATA everything. You can fiddle with ide and kinda sorta make it work, but its so not worth it - kernel panics everywhere, most distributions won't boot, etc.

Buy a SATA DVD and SATA HD. I used IDE both and had a world of troubles. Bought an SATA HD and used a IDE->USB adapter for the DVD drive and it was smooth sailing. And yes, I used the jmicron ide chameleon patch... still didn't work until I went SATA.

Otherwise, its very straightforward. Don't choose Vanilla on your first try, you need to install a hacked kernel (like sleep) before you do a vanilla install.

Kalyway 10.5.2 is the best I've found for this mobo, and this guide is very helpful:
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=86167&hl=p35-ds3l

There's a better guide (called Leopard Soup) but I can't find it right now.

The install is super easy and faster than an XP install. Mine took about 15 minutes from disk in the drive, first boot to an up and running Leopard desktop. I used Nvinject and Nvinstaller to get my graphics card up and running perfectly and everything is gravy.
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Yup. I've got a SATA HDD and DVD burner. Also, I'll be using Kalyway 10.5.4 as my baseline (I've already got it downloaded and burned to a DVD).

I'll be using an ATI card (just a HD 2400 Pro I had laying around) but from what I've read on Insanely Mac, the kext install is super easy.

I don't plan on using anything more than the 2400 Pro will be able to deliver... but if that point comes, I'm definitely going to grab an 8800 GT.
 
I feel ya. I shouldn't have bought the 8800gt but I didn't like how the dock was sluggish to bounce with the 8600gt on my Macbook Pro. I don't do anything that uses the gfx card except kinda Photoshop, but not enough to justify anything like this.

So I spent $150 to get a smooth dock. Worth it? Yep.
 
taylorwilsdon said:
I feel ya. I shouldn't have bought the 8800gt but I didn't like how the dock was sluggish to bounce with the 8600gt on my Macbook Pro. I don't do anything that uses the gfx card except kinda Photoshop, but not enough to justify anything like this.

So I spent $150 to get a smooth dock. Worth it? Yep.
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I'm typically that kind of person, too. Like I said though, if I notice it being a little slow, I have no problem dropping $150 on a new card.

Anyway, I'm definitely looking forward to having a "Mac". I REALLY want the new Macbooks to come out though.
 
Just bought a new keyboard to replace my G11. Lovin' it so far! :)

Ol' Logitech G11 keyboard



New Dell Multimedia keyboard

 
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Ah, I see. I have thought about getting a monitor arm but I'm guessing it wouldn't work with my glass desk.
 
Setup at school.






Lian Li V2000 Plus II (UV cathodes in front)

Wires are usually neater, I keep moving things around trying to get the best setup.
 
I've made a few changes since my last post, so here it is.

Main System:

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Backup System & DOS Box:

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My Workroom:

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Home Theater Room:

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Galant... cleaned... one of my puppies sleeps in my room atm

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Going to be upgrading to something in Samsung's 24"+ category sometime this winter, but I really like the 932bw+ over my old trinitron it replaced. heh

Recently completed project

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Right

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You're right, that is the most beautiful little redhead FTW!
 
For all those who have posted their Ikea Jerker set ups. Do you have any tips on wiring? I just picked up a Jerker for $80 CDN and it was in mint condition, now I need to go about hiding my wiring.

I have seen lots of clean Jerker set ups here and was hoping to get some tips.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers:D
 
For those who think their workstation is trashed, guess again!

Not mine BTW.

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-=WooDWorKeR420=- said:
For all those who have posted their Ikea Jerker set ups. Do you have any tips on wiring? I just picked up a Jerker for $80 CDN and it was in mint condition, now I need to go about hiding my wiring.

I have seen lots of clean Jerker set ups here and was hoping to get some tips.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers:D
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A lot of people use this for cable management on their Jerkers, Galants, etc.: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50035115
 
Actually, that was real. My brother is a member on NASIOC (subaru forums), and the pictures came from a landlord who owned an apartment complex or something. They said the lady looked perfectly normal, but her apartment was just stacked with trash. Literally knee deep or higher. You haven't even seen the beginning of the pictures. :p
 
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