In order to boot the Mac OS X Retail DVD, you'll need to download and burn iBoot. It's not difficult- the only thing I did on my Gigabyte board besides setting Boot Priority to CD/DVD first was set Optimized Defaults, change SATA to AHCI mode, and set HPET to 64-bit mode.
Make sure your bios settings match these. This is the most important step, and one many people overlook. You will need to set your BIOS to ACHI mode and your Boot Priority to boot from CD-ROM first. It's best to use an empty hard drive- you will have to partition and format the drive.Īlways back up any of your important data. If using a Gigabyte 1156 board, use the blue Intel SATA ports- not the white Gigabyte SATA ports. Remove any PCI cards besides graphics- they may not be Mac compatible. Remove any USB peripherals besides keyboard and mouse. Remove any hard drives besides the blank drive -g used for OS X. Use only 1 graphics card in the 1st PCIe slot with 1 monitor plugged in. You can put back any extra RAM in after the installation process. If you have greater than 4gb of RAM, remove the extra RAM for a maximum of 4gb.
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